બેઠક Bethak

એક ધાએ કૂવા ખોદાય નહીં.

ēka dhāē kūvā khōdāya nahīṁ.

Literally
A well cannot be dug with a single strike.
What it means
Said of major tasks that require steady perseverance rather than instant results.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
Rome was not built in a day.Expect not all at once.

Also said as

  • એકદમ લાડવા ખવાય નહીં.
  • આખું ફાહેળું શાક ન થાય.
  • કાળીએ કાળીએ ઝાઝું જમાય.
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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