બેઠક Bethak

લશ્કરમાં ઊંટ બદનામ.

laśkaramāṁ ūṁṭa badanāma.

Literally
The camel is blamed in the army.
What it means
Said when a prominent or vulnerable party gets unfairly blamed for the mistakes of the group.

Also said as

  • કટકમમાં કાણા ઊંટ બદનામ.
  • વાવનું મ્હોડું લોહીઆળું.
  • લાકડ દાને બધું કરવું પડે; અલ્લાનું કર્યું આંખ માથે.
  • લાકડાની પુતળીથી ઘર ન ચાલે.
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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