વડાઈના વાંટા, પાણી પીને પેટ ફાટ્યાં.

vaḍāīnā vāṁṭā, pāṇī pīnē pēṭa phāṭyāṁ.

Literally: Shares of greatness: drinking water until the stomach bursts.
What it means: Said of someone who boasts of great wealth or status but is actually living in extreme poverty.

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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