બેઠક Bethak

આંખ છે કે ફાંકાં?

āṁkha chē kē phāṁkāṁ?

Literally
Are these eyes or empty gaps?
What it means
Used to rebuke someone who is looking directly at something but failing to see it.

Also said as

  • આંખ છે કે ફાંકાં?
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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