બેઠક Bethak

બ્રાહ્મણ વચને ખડ ડાલ, તો જજમાન વચને દેડકી ગાય.

brāhmaṇa vacanē khaḍa ḍāla, tō jajamāna vacanē dēḍakī gāya.

Literally
If by the Brahmin's word grass is thrown, then by the patron's word the frog is a cow.
What it means
If one party makes unreasonable or absurd demands, the other responds with equally ridiculous claims.
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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