બેઠક Bethak

ફૂટેમેં પાઉં, તુટેમેં શિર, ખીચમેં મેરા ચાંદભાઈ.

phūṭēmēṁ pāuṁ, tuṭēmēṁ śira, khīcamēṁ mērā cāṁdabhāī.

Literally
Foot in the crack, head in the break, and my Chandbhai in the middle.
What it means
Describes an intrusive person who thrusts themselves into other people's quarrels and suffers for it.

Also said as

  • પોલું દેખી સૌ પેસે.
  • ફાટયામાં સૌ પગ ઘાલે.
  • પોલું (શરણાઈ) છે તે બોલ્યું, સાંભેલું વગાડે તો સાચા.
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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