બેઠક Bethak

નવાણું ટકા બાદની વાત.

navāṇuṁ ṭakā bādanī vāta.

Literally
A matter of ninety-nine percent deduction.
What it means
Said of highly exaggerated or untruthful talk where almost everything said must be discounted.

Also said as

  • વાચાળ માણસ વાત કરે તે વધારે વાત કરે, તેમાં સેંકડે નવાણું ખોટું.
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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