બેઠક Bethak

દેરાણી-જેઠાણીની ગોહડીમાં સકરપારા, નણંદ ભોજાઈની ગોહડીમાં અંગારા.

dērāṇī-jēṭhāṇīnī gōhaḍīmāṁ sakarapārā, naṇaṁda bhōjāīnī gōhaḍīmāṁ aṁgārā.

Literally
Sweetmeats in the council of sisters-in-law, burning embers in the council of sister-in-law and husband's sister.
What it means
Husbands' brothers' wives may get along sweetly, but a wife and her husband's sister inevitably clash.

Also said as

  • દેરાણીજેઠાણીના મગ ભેગા ચડે, પણ સોક સોકના ચડે નહીં.
  • દેરાણીજેઠાણીના ચોખા ભેગા ચડ્યા જાણ્યા નથી.
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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