વગર નેતરે જમવા જવું ને તળ્યાં શાક ખાવાં.

vagara nētarē jamavā javuṁ nē taḷyāṁ śāka khāvāṁ.

Literally: To go to a feast uninvited and eat fried vegetables.
What it means: Going where one is not welcome leads to receiving poor treatment or leftovers.

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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