બેઠક Bethak

ક્યાં રાણા રાણાઓ, ને ક્યાં કાણા કાઢીઓ?

kyāṁ rāṇā rāṇāō, nē kyāṁ kāṇā kāḍhīō?

Literally
Where are the Ranas, and where is the one-eyed man?
What it means
Used to highlight a vast disparity in status or quality between two things.

Also said as

  • ક્યાં રાજા ભોજ ને ક્યાં ગાંગો તેલી?
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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