બેઠક Bethak

નાણું ચાડીઆની જીભમાં કે નવાબના ખજાનામાં.

nāṇuṁ cāḍīānī jībhamāṁ kē navābanā khajānāmāṁ.

Literally
Money is either in the tongue of an informer or in the treasury of a Nawab.
What it means
Said of wealth being acquired through betrayal or retained only by those in ultimate authority.

Also said as

  • આંખે મોર ને લાખે લેખાં, જાતે દહાડે કાંઈ ન દેખાં.
  • હૈયા ફુટાના કર્મમાં હાથ ઘસ.
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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