બેઠક Bethak

અળખામણા આંખના પાટા જેવા.

aḷakhāmaṇā āṁkhanā pāṭā jēvā.

Literally
An unwanted person is like a blindfold over the eyes.
What it means
Said of someone so intensely disliked that their presence is entirely unbearable.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
There is no body dearer, than one's self.

Also said as

  • તલની ખોટે વાવરવા જેવા.
  • ભુંડા ભમરાણા.
  • સોનાની ખોટે વાવરવા જેવા.
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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