બેઠક Bethak

રાઈના પાડ રાતે ગયા.

rāīnā pāḍa rātē gayā.

Literally
The weight of the mustard seeds went in the night.
What it means
An opportunity or advantage vanished completely overnight before it could be seized.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
Every rogue is at length outrogued.

Also said as

  • ડાહીના ડહાપણ, ને ગોટીના ગારસા.
  • પાણીએ દીવા બળી ગયા.
  • વર રનો વાસી, પેહેરામણી ગઇ નાસી.
  • એ તો ગેસ એલાઈ ગયા.
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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