બેઠક Bethak

બધું ગામ ધોરે, ત્યારે ઘેલી ઘેંસ ઓરે.

badhuṁ gāma dhōrē, tyārē ghēlī ghēṁsa ōrē.

Literally
When the whole village runs, the foolish woman cooks gruel.
What it means
Said of someone who acts completely out of step with a crisis or the general consensus.
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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