શીંગાડું શણગાર્યું, પણ જમવાનું તેહું ન આવ્યું.

śīṁgāḍuṁ śaṇagāryuṁ, paṇa jamavānuṁ tēhuṁ na āvyuṁ.

Literally: The horn was decorated, but the food did not come.
What it means: All the preparations were made, but the main event or the expected reward never materialized.

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ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) · 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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