સાલીઆ ભાઈની ધાણી, અર્ધું તેલ ને અર્ધું પાણી.

sālīā bhāīnī dhāṇī, ardhuṁ tēla nē ardhuṁ pāṇī.

Literally: The weaver brother's parched grain: half oil and half water.
What it means: Said of a poorly made product or a highly compromised, low-quality arrangement.

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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