વા ભરપીને કાંઈ જીવાય છે?

vā bharapīnē kāṁī jīvāya chē?

Literally: Can anyone live by drinking wind?
What it means: Said to emphasize that empty promises, talk, or praise cannot sustain a person's livelihood.

Also said as

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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