બેઠક Bethak

પોચી માટી કાયલીએ ખણાય.

pōcī māṭī kāyalīē khaṇāya.

Literally
Soft soil can be dug even with a fingernail.
What it means
Gentle or weak-willed people are easily exploited or dominated by others.

Also said as

  • પોતાની જંગ ઉઘાડીએ તે નાગા જણાઈએ.
  • પોથાં તે થયાં, ને ડાયાં તે સાયાં.
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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