વાધરી સારૂ ભેંસ મારે.

vādharī sārū bhēṁsa mārē.

Literally: Killing a buffalo for the sake of a leather strap.
What it means: Spending a disproportionate amount of resources for a trivial gain.

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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