બેઠક Bethak

પેટમાં તે પેટીમાં, ને હેઠ બહાર તે ફાટ બહાર.

pēṭamāṁ tē pēṭīmāṁ, nē hēṭha bahāra tē phāṭa bahāra.

Literally
What is in the stomach is in the box, and what is outside is outside the crack.
What it means
Secrets are hard to keep; walls have ears.

Also said as

  • વાડ સાંભળે વાડના કાટા સાંભળે.
  • ભીંતને પણ કાન હોય 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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