બેઠક Bethak

આપણું તે હા હા, બીજાનું તે હી હી..

āpaṇuṁ tē hā hā, bījānuṁ tē hī hī..

Literally
Ours is 'ha ha', others' is 'hee hee'.
What it means
People are biased, treating their own affairs with seriousness and others' with mockery.

Also said as

  • આપણે ક્યાં દુકાન માંડી બેઠા છીએ, કે ચણા આપીએ?
  • આપણે કામને એક ઘડી મૂકીએ, કામ આપણને આખો દિવસ મૂકે.
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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