બેઠક Bethak

ભીખ માગતાં આવડતી ન હોય, તો તમાકું ખાતાં શીખો.

bhīkha māgatāṁ āvaḍatī na hōya, tō tamākuṁ khātāṁ śīkhō.

Literally
If you do not know how to beg, learn to chew tobacco.
What it means
Encourages acquiring vice or tricks to get along with low-minded companions.

Also said as

  • ભીખ માગીને ભઈઓ કીધા, તે પાડોસણે લુંટી લીધા.
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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