બેઠક Bethak

બળતામાં હાથ ઘાલવા.

baḷatāmāṁ hātha ghālavā.

Literally
To put hands into burning things.
What it means
Interfering in a volatile situation and getting hurt as a result.

Also said as

  • કંથેરમાં હાથ ઘાલી વિમાસવું.
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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