બેઠક Bethak

કીડી આખું કલિંગડુ ઉપાડી શકે નહીં.

kīḍī ākhuṁ kaliṁgaḍu upāḍī śakē nahīṁ.

Literally
An ant cannot lift a whole watermelon.
What it means
One should not attempt tasks that are beyond their capacity.

Also said as

  • કીડીને પાંખા આવી તે મરવાની નીશાની.
  • કીડીને કાગળે પૂર.
  • કીસીકી કુછ નહીં ચલતી, જળ તકદીર શી૨તી હે.
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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