બેઠક Bethak

ક્યાં રાણો રાજીએ, ને ક્યાં કાણો કાઠીએ?

kyāṁ rāṇō rājīē, nē kyāṁ kāṇō kāṭhīē?

Literally
Where is the pleased king, and where is the one-eyed Kathi?
What it means
Expresses a stark comparison between two vastly unequal people or things.

Also said as

  • ક્યાં રાજા ભોજ ને ક્યાં ગાંગો તેલી?
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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