બેઠક Bethak

આટામાં લુણ સમાય, લુણમાં આટા સમાય નહીં.

āṭāmāṁ luṇa samāya, luṇamāṁ āṭā samāya nahīṁ.

Literally
Salt can fit in flour, but flour cannot fit in salt.
What it means
Small expenses or minor flaws can be absorbed in a large enterprise, but not vice versa.

Also said as

  • મહેડું લેવાઈ ગયું છે.
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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