બેઠક Bethak

દળવાનું હતું તે ભરડવાનું થયું.

daḷavānuṁ hatuṁ tē bharaḍavānuṁ thayuṁ.

Literally
What was meant to be finely ground turned into coarse grinding.
What it means
Said when a task that required careful, fine execution ends up being done in a rough, hasty, or unsatisfactory manner.

Also said as

  • દળાયલું દળવું તે મન વગર મળવું.
  • દક્ષિણની નારી, સોળ હાથની સાડી, પણ અર્ધો ટાંગ ઉઘાડી.
  • દ્રાવિડી પ્રાણાયામ.
  • દાત્રી તો દાઝી, પણ પૂછી પૂછીને ખાધી.
  • દાટે તેને કાણુ ચાટે?
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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