બેઠક Bethak

હાટ ભાડે, ઘર ભાડે, વાણોતરને વ્યાજ.

hāṭa bhāḍē, ghara bhāḍē, vāṇōtaranē vyāja.

Literally
Shop rent, house rent, and interest for the employee.
What it means
Living beyond one's means leads to inevitable ruin.

Also said as

  • શેઠાણી બેઠાં લાપસી જમે, દીવાળાની શી લાજ?
  • લાખનું દીવાળું ત્યારે ચાળાનું વાળું શું?
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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