બેઠક Bethak

છાસમાં માપણ જાય ને વહુ કુવડ કહેવાય.

chāsamāṁ māpaṇa jāya nē vahu kuvaḍa kahēvāya.

Literally
The butter goes in the buttermilk and the daughter-in-law is called incompetent.
What it means
One is blamed for a loss that was actually caused by the nature of the process.

Also said as

  • છાસમાં માખણ જાય ને વહુ કુવડ કહેવાય.
  • ગાંઠેથી ગરથ જાય, ને લોકમાં હાંસી થાય.
  • પૈસા ખર્ચિને મૂર્ખ બનવું.
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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