બેઠક Bethak

ઘરની કસર ને વહાણની સફર.

gharanī kasara nē vahāṇanī saphara.

Literally
Economy at home and a voyage by ship.
What it means
Pinching at small expenses while committing to enormous ones.

The same thought elsewhere

  • ઉસકો તે ઉંગલીથી ન ઉસકેશો, ન તો તેતલું દિવેલ મફતમાં જામે.... હિંદી
કહેવત સમુદાય (Kahevat Samuday) બૃહદ કહેવત કથાસાગર (Bruhad Kahevat Kathasagar) (1920) · 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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