ઉજ્જડ ગામની જમે શી ભરવી?

ujjaḍa gāmanī jamē śī bharavī?

Literally: Why fill a plate in a desolate village?
What it means: There is no point in preparing for an occasion or showing off in a place where no one is present to appreciate it.

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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