બેઠક Bethak

કાળી પશુ ન માનવી, રાઝ બળદ નહીં ઊંટ;

kāḷī paśu na mānavī, rājha baḷada nahīṁ ūṁṭa;

Literally
Neither black animal nor human, neither a royal bull nor a camel;
What it means
Used to warn against trusting certain notoriously untamed or unpredictable beasts and individuals.

Also said as

  • શિયાળ જરખ નહીં કુતરું, રાઝબળદ નહીં ઊંટ.
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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