બેઠક Bethak

ધંધાઆર બહુ ભુંડો.

dhaṁdhāāra bahu bhuṁḍō.

Literally
A fellow tradesman is very bad.
What it means
People in the same trade or profession are naturally jealous and hostile toward one another.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
Two of a trade seldom agree.

Also said as

  • કીસબખાર તે સાત પેઢીના વેર જેવા.
  • ધંધાઆરનું વેર પેઢીઓ સુધી ચાલે.
  • વૈદના વેરી વૈદ.
  • ધંધાઆરમાં કૈક ખુવાર મળ્યા છે.
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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