બેઠક Bethak

છાસમાં માણણ જાય ને વહુ કુવડ કહેવાય.

chāsamāṁ māṇaṇa jāya nē vahu kuvaḍa kahēvāya.

Literally
Butter is wasted in the buttermilk, and the daughter-in-law is called clumsy.
What it means
Bearing both monetary loss and blame despite making a sincere effort.

Also said as

  • ગાંઠથી ગરથ જાય, ને લોકમાં હાંસી થાય.
  • પૈસા ખર્ચ્યાને મૂર્ખ બનવું.
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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