બેઠક Bethak

પાંચ પટેલ ને છઠ્ઠા દાદાભાઈ.

pāṁca paṭēla nē chaṭhṭhā dādābhāī.

Literally
Five headmen and the sixth is Dadabhai.
What it means
Said of a group where everyone wants to be the leader and no one wants to follow.

Also said as

  • પાંતીના ભાગ, પેટ દુઃખતે પણ ખાવા પડે.
  • પાનડે પાણી પાય છે.
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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