બેઠક Bethak

જોડાણું—કુવા વસમા, ખેતર વસમા, વસમી ખેડવી વાડી;

jōḍāṇuṁ—kuvā vasamā, khētara vasamā, vasamī khēḍavī vāḍī;

Literally
Wells are hard, fields are hard, hard it is to cultivate an orchard.
What it means
Said of demanding labor that talkers boast about at home but fail to perform when tested.

Also said as

  • ઘરમાં બેઠા સૌ બોલે, પણ સભામાં ન ઊઘડે જડી.
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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