બેઠક Bethak

જીવતી ઘોડી નહીં ઓળવાય.

jīvatī ghōḍī nahīṁ ōḷavāya.

Literally
A living mare cannot be stepped over.
What it means
An active, capable person cannot be easily bypassed or taken advantage of while alive.

Also said as

  • જીવતી ઘોડીએ આવ્યા ત્યારે આવ્યા.
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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