બેઠક Bethak

લાડુબાઇ લટકાળાં, હું કુટુંબની ધરડી;

lāḍubāi laṭakāḷāṁ, huṁ kuṭuṁbanī dharaḍī;

Literally
Ladubai is coquettish, saying 'I am the matriarch of the family';
What it means
Said of an incompetent or vain person who claims high status but does nothing useful.

Also said as

  • ધીંગાણની વાત ન જાણું, બેઠાં ધુલી ભરડી.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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