બેઠક Bethak

માથું સોંપ્યા પછી નાકકાનની અધીર શી ?

māthuṁ sōṁpyā pachī nākakānanī adhīra śī ?

Literally
After surrendering your head, why worry about your nose and ears?
What it means
Said when someone who has already risked or committed everything frets over minor losses.

Also said as

  • એટલી સોંપ્યા પછી ફાંફાં શાં મારવાં ?
  • ગળા સુધી ઊંડા ઉતર્યા પછી બીજાને શો દોષ દેવા ?
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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