બેઠક Bethak

ડાસી ડાબાં ક્યાં આઢે છે?

ḍāsī ḍābāṁ kyāṁ āḍhē chē?

Literally
Where does the old woman wrap her left side?
What it means
Said of someone who is too old, poor, or desperate to care about formalities, etiquette, or how they present themselves.
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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