તાઢ પાણીએ કાસર ગઈ.

tāḍha pāṇīē kāsara gaī.

Literally: The effort went away in cold water.
What it means: All hard work was wasted for nothing.

કહેવત સમુદાય (Kahevat Samuday) · 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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