બેઠક Bethak

ઘેલી સાસરે જાય નહીં, જાય ત્યારે એકવગી પાછી પીહેરમાં આવે નહીં.

ghēlī sāsarē jāya nahīṁ, jāya tyārē ēkavagī pāchī pīhēramāṁ āvē nahīṁ.

Literally
The foolish woman will not go to her in-laws' house, and when she goes, she will not return to her parents' home all at once.
What it means
Said of a stubborn person who hesitates to start a task, but once started, refuses to stop.

Also said as

  • ઘો મરનારી થાય, ત્યારે વાધરીવાડે જાય.
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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