બેઠક Bethak

જીવતી માંખ ન ગળાય.

jīvatī māṁkha na gaḷāya.

Literally
A live fly cannot be swallowed.
What it means
One cannot knowingly accept an obvious falsehood or stomach a repulsive injustice.

Also said as

  • જીવતા રહેજે ને જોગી થજે.
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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