બેઠક Bethak

લે લાલા ને દે હરદાસ.

lē lālā nē dē haradāsa.

Literally
Take Lala and give Hardas.
What it means
A situation where one debt is paid by creating another.

Also said as

  • દીવાળીઆની દવાઈ.
  • કાને લેવું છે ને કાને દેવું છે?
  • આપ્યું વાણીએ, ને ખાધું પ્રાણીએ.
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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