બેઠક Bethak

લોહીના કાળીયા ખાવા જેવું છે.

lōhīnā kāḷīyā khāvā jēvuṁ chē.

Literally
It is like eating morsels of blood.
What it means
Said of living off wealth or profit extracted through extreme cruelty and extortion.

Also said as

  • લોહીના કાળીયા ખાવા જેવું છે.
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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