બેઠક Bethak

માણ ધાલીને વાત કરવી.

māṇa dhālīnē vāta karavī.

Literally
Speaking while adding measure.
What it means
Embellishing or exaggerating a story to make it sound more dramatic and entertaining.

Also said as

  • મીઠું મરચું ભભરાવી વાત કરવી.
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

Heard it differently, or know we've got the sense wrong? Tell us — that is exactly the kind of correction this needs.

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