બેઠક Bethak

બેહેન કહીને બેસાડે ને વહુ કહીને ઉઠાડે.

bēhēna kahīnē bēsāḍē nē vahu kahīnē uṭhāḍē.

Literally
Calls her sister to make her sit, and calls her daughter-in-law to make her stand up.
What it means
Said of someone who uses sweet words to welcome a person but immediately puts them to hard work.
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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