બેઠક Bethak

રાણુને કાણે કહેવાય નહીં.

rāṇunē kāṇē kahēvāya nahīṁ.

Literally
A king cannot be called one-eyed.
What it means
One cannot openly point out the obvious flaws or mistakes of powerful rulers or superiors.

Also said as

  • રાણીનાં ચીર તે ઘેણીનાં બાળોતીઆં.
  • રાત ઉપર રાત.
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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