પાવલાની પાડી ને પોણે ચરાઈ.

pāvalānī pāḍī nē pōṇē carāī.

Literally: A quarter-rupee calf and three-quarters grazing cost.
What it means: Said when the maintenance or incidental expenses far exceed the value of the item itself.

Also said as

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · English is machine-made and nobody has checked it yet

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