બેઠક Bethak

માંખણમાંથી મેવાળા ખેંચે તેવા ઝીણા છે.

māṁkhaṇamāṁthī mēvāḷā khēṁcē tēvā jhīṇā chē.

Literally
They are so sharp that they pull a hair out of butter.
What it means
Said of an extremely cunning, precise, or stingy person who can extract profit or find flaws in the smoothest situations.

Also said as

  • માંખણમાંથી પુરા કહાડે તેવા છે.
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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