સાબડ કરતાં રાખડ થયું, ને છતું પાણી કાદવમાં ગયું

sābaḍa karatāṁ rākhaḍa thayuṁ, nē chatuṁ pāṇī kādavamāṁ gayuṁ

Literally: Trying to adorn resulted in ruin, and available water turned into mud.
What it means: Said when an attempt to improve or decorate something makes it worse and wastes good resources.

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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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