બેઠક Bethak

ગધેડા સાથે ઘોડું બાંધે તા, ભુંકતાં ન શિખે પણ આળોટતાં શિખે.

gadhēḍā sāthē ghōḍuṁ bāṁdhē tā, bhuṁkatāṁ na śikhē paṇa āḷōṭatāṁ śikhē.

Literally
If a horse is tied with a donkey, it does not learn to bray but learns to roll.
What it means
One inevitably picks up the bad habits of their associates.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
One takes the manners of his company.

Also said as

  • દેખે તેવું શીખે, ઊડે ન તોય ઠેકવા શીખે વસી વિહંગમાં.
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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