બેઠક Bethak

ડહાપણમાં કુલ્લી ગયા છે.

ḍahāpaṇamāṁ kullī gayā chē.

Literally
Sunk into a small earthen pot out of cleverness.
What it means
Becoming so overly shrewd or overthinking that one falls into utter folly.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
He who fears, suffers.

Also said as

  • ડર ખાય તે ભરખાય.
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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