બેઠક Bethak

બ્રાહ્મણને ઘેર વરે ને કુતરાંને મરે.

brāhmaṇanē ghēra varē nē kutarāṁnē marē.

Literally
A wedding at a Brahmin's house is a death for the dogs.
What it means
An event where the hosts are so stingy or thorough that nothing is left over for others.
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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