બેઠક Bethak

અવળી ગંગા વહી.

avaḷī gaṁgā vahī.

Literally
The Ganges flowed backwards.
What it means
An unnatural or unexpected reversal of events has occurred.

Also said as

  • અવાસ બળી ગયા ને કોયલા રહી ગયા.
  • અસુર થયું ને રાત રહ્યા.
  • અસુરા આવ્યા પરોણા, રાત રહે પાછા ન જાય.
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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