બેઠક Bethak

કાળી, રાંડને ફજલ્લે ભાત.

kāḷī, rāṁḍanē phajallē bhāta.

Literally
A dark widow gets rice at dawn.
What it means
Said of worthless or demanding people expecting special treatment or luxuries at odd hours.

Also said as

  • કાળી ચૌદશના આંત્યા, કોઇના ન જાય ગાં—્યા.
  • કાળે દીકરે કાકા કહ્યા, ત્યારે બાપ ખસીને આઘા ગયા.
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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