બેઠક Bethak

કલાલની દુકાનમાં બેસી દૂધ પીએ, તોપણ કહેવાશે કે દારૂ પીધો.

kalālanī dukānamāṁ bēsī dūdha pīē, tōpaṇa kahēvāśē kē dārū pīdhō.

Literally
If you sit in a liquor shop and drink milk, you will still be called a drinker.
What it means
Your reputation is defined by the company you keep, regardless of your actual actions.

Also said as

  • તાડી હેઠ બેસી ગંગાજળ પાન કરે, તોપણ કહેશે કે તાડી પીધી.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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