બેઠક Bethak

ધી ક્યાં ઠલ્યું, તો ખીચડીમાં.

dhī kyāṁ ṭhalyuṁ, tō khīcaḍīmāṁ.

Literally
Where did the ghee spill? Into the khichdi.
What it means
A loss is not truly a loss if it remains within the family or circle.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
He has a cold tooth yet in his mouth.It is not lost, what a friend gets.

Also said as

  • ઢાર ગયું તે ધણીને ઘેર.
  • લપસ્યા તોએ ગંગામાં.
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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