બેઠક Bethak

દહાડે ડોળાં ચારે, રાતે હીરા પારખે.

dahāḍē ḍōḷāṁ cārē, rātē hīrā pārakhē.

Literally
By day he grazes cattle, by night he evaluates diamonds.
What it means
Applied to a hypocrite or incompetent person who pretends to have high expertise outside his humble station.

Also said as

  • દળવાનું હતું તે ભરડવાનું થયું.
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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