બેઠક Bethak

કહી કહી ચીજો ખવરાવીયા, ડાઢા પછી દેહ;

kahī kahī cījō khavarāvīyā, ḍāḍhā pachī dēha;

Literally
Feeding various things repeatedly, then the body of the jaw;
What it means
One takes great care of the teeth throughout life, yet they are the first to fall out and abandon the body in old age.

Also said as

  • હાડાં પેહેલા હાલીયા, નાગા સાથે નેહ.
  • રગડ દુધદાંતને પાયાં, માંખણણયરાયાં મથી મથી;
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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