બેઠક Bethak

આવી મળવા ને બેસાડી દળવા.

āvī maḷavā nē bēsāḍī daḷavā.

Literally
Come to meet and sit to grind.
What it means
Said when a guest is put to work immediately upon arrival.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
Come to meet and sit down to grind.

Also said as

  • વહુ તું વીસામે ખા, હું કાંતું ને તું દળવા જા.
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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