બેઠક Bethak

બાપ નહીં દેખા તો દેખા બિલાડા, ચાર નહીં દેખા તો દેખા મુનારા,

bāpa nahīṁ dēkhā tō dēkhā bilāḍā, cāra nahīṁ dēkhā tō dēkhā munārā,

Literally
If you have not seen your father, look at a cat; if you have not seen a thief, look at a minaret.
What it means
Mocks complete ignorance and ridiculous comparisons.

Also said as

  • ભૂત નહીં દેખા તો દેખા ભરવાડા.
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

Heard it differently, or know we've got the sense wrong? Tell us — that is exactly the kind of correction this needs.

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