બેઠક Bethak

ધણે બીહે તે ધણે સપડાય.

dhaṇē bīhē tē dhaṇē sapaḍāya.

Literally
He who fears much, gets caught much.
What it means
Excessive fear makes one more likely to fall into the very trouble they are avoiding.

Also said as

  • બીહીકણુ બિલાડી.
  • પોતાના છાંયડાથી પણ ડરે.
  • બીહે તેને સૌ બીહીવરાવે.
  • બીહે તેનાથી કાંઈ બને નહીં.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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