બેઠક Bethak

ઘરમાં ભેંસ નહીં, ને છાસ ફાફડ ફેદા.

gharamāṁ bhēṁsa nahīṁ, nē chāsa phāphaḍa phēdā.

Literally
No buffalo at home, and making a fuss about buttermilk.
What it means
Counting on something before it has actually been acquired.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
Do not count upon a thing until you get it.Count not upon chickens before they are hatched.Call not a surgeon before you are wounded.

Also said as

  • વિવાહ પહેલાં માંડવશોર.
  • પરણ્યા પહેલાં જીવારું.
  • પરણ્યા પહેલાં અધરણી.
  • મુવા મોર ઘેર ખોદવી.
  • મુવા મોર મેકાણુ.
  • તાવડી તાના કરે, બાજરી બજારમાં.
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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