બેઠક Bethak

આંખે અંધે, નામ શેખ રેશન.

āṁkhē aṁdhē, nāma śēkha rēśana.

Literally
Blind in the eye, but named Sheikh Roshan (Bright).
What it means
A person's name or reputation is the opposite of their actual reality.

Also said as

  • આંગણે કુવા ને વહુ છાછળાં.
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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