બેઠક Bethak

ડાહી બાઇને તેડાવો ને ખીરમાં મીઠું નંખાવો.

ḍāhī bāinē tēḍāvō nē khīramāṁ mīṭhuṁ naṁkhāvō.

Literally
Invite a clever lady and have salt put into the sweet rice pudding.
What it means
Said of someone who pretends to be wise but only ruins a simple job with foolish interference.

Also said as

  • ભુલં કહાડવા સૌ આવે, કરી બતાવે નહીં કાઇ.
  • ઘેંસ રાંધતાં આવડે નહીં ને ખાતી વખત ચેષ્ટા.
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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