બેઠક Bethak

જાતે કાફર, ને હાડે કાફર.

jātē kāphara, nē hāḍē kāphara.

Literally
An infidel by caste, and an infidel to the bone.
What it means
Said of someone who is thoroughly wicked, untrustworthy, or unyielding in their bad nature.

Also said as

  • જાયા ત્યારે નાહા, જઈશું ત્યારે નાહીશું;
  • દાસ દ્વારકા એમ કહે, હાથપગ ઘોઈને ખાઈશું.
  • જાય તેનું કાળજું પણ ખસી જાય.
  • જાણે જાણે સિંહ ન હોય.
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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