બેઠક Bethak

મરદ મુઠાળો, બળદ પુઠાળો, બાયડી કુળાણી, ને વ્હેલ ઉધાળી.

marada muṭhāḷō, baḷada puṭhāḷō, bāyaḍī kuḷāṇī, nē vhēla udhāḷī.

Literally
A man with a strong fist, an ox with a strong back, a woman of good family, and a fast carriage.
What it means
These are the ideal qualities of a man, an ox, a wife, and a vehicle.

Also said as

  • મરવું કોઇને ગમતું નથી, માગી ખાનારને પણ મરવું ગમે નહીં.
  • મલે મલની ખાથ છે.
  • મલેખાં મમળાવે, પણ શેરડીના સ્વાદ ન આવે.
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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