બેઠક Bethak

ભાડાની વેલ, ને ઉલાણી મેલ.

bhāḍānī vēla, nē ulāṇī mēla.

Literally
A rented carriage, and load it heavily.
What it means
People treat rented or borrowed property with utter carelessness and abuse it.

Also said as

  • ભાણે ભરે સંતાપીએ નહીં, તો કર ચાટે શું થાય?
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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