બેઠક Bethak

મુંબઈ માસ્તર, હાથમાં છત્તર ને ખીસામાં પત્થર.

muṁbaī māstara, hāthamāṁ chattara nē khīsāmāṁ patthara.

Literally
A Mumbai clerk, umbrella in hand and stones in pocket.
What it means
Mocks a city worker who puts on impressive outward airs while possessing no real money.

Also said as

  • મુંબઈ માવલી, કમાય રૂપીઆ, ત્યારે પલ્લે રહે પાવલી.
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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