બેઠક Bethak

ગુડીઆ વેહેલમાં બેસીને આવ્યા.

guḍīā vēhēlamāṁ bēsīnē āvyā.

Literally
Came sitting in a Gudiya carriage.
What it means
Describes someone arriving in a state of exhaustion or having traveled a long, difficult distance.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
They came sitting in a cart.

Also said as

  • પગ પઈડાં, ને વાંસા વેહેલ, માથું બેસી જાયે ઘેર.
  • પંથ પાયે, ને વેરી ધાયે.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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