તરણું હરામ, બચકા હલાલ.

taraṇuṁ harāma, bacakā halāla.

Literally: A straw is forbidden, but mouthfuls are lawful.
What it means: Said of hypocrites who make a great show of honesty over trivial matters while greedily taking large, illicit gains.

Also said as

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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