બેઠક Bethak

રાત થોડી ને વેષ ઝાઝા.

rāta thōḍī nē vēṣa jhājhā.

Literally
The night is short and the guises are many.
What it means
Said when there is too much work to do and too little time to complete it.

Also said as

  • કામનો પાર નહીં ને આવરદા ટુંકી.
  • જીવવું થોડું ને જંજાળ ઘણી.
  • બાથમાં સમાય તેટલો વેપાર કરવો.
  • રાત દિવસના કલાક ચોવીશ, તે કામ-ચાળીશ-કલાકનું.
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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