બેઠક Bethak

જોડાણું—ખરા ચહડાવી ખાસડાં પહેર્યાં, ઊંચી ચહડાવી બાંહે;

jōḍāṇuṁ—kharā cahaḍāvī khāsaḍāṁ pahēryāṁ, ūṁcī cahaḍāvī bāṁhē;

Literally
Putting on shoes tightly and rolling up sleeves, wandering here and there, returning inside the house.
What it means
Said of someone who makes a great show of activity without accomplishing anything.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
Like a mill horse, that goes much but performs no journey.

Also said as

  • આમ તેમ ફરીને, આવ્યા ઘરની માંહે.
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

Heard it differently, or know we've got the sense wrong? Tell us — that is exactly the kind of correction this needs.

← more starting with જ