પોદળામાં સાંઢા રાખવા.

pōdaḷāmāṁ sāṁḍhā rākhavā.

Literally: To keep sugarcane in cow-dung.
What it means: Wasting valuable talents or precious things by keeping them in a filthy or unworthy environment.

Also said as

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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