બેઠક Bethak

સભામાં બોલતાં કંપે તે સભા ચોર.

sabhāmāṁ bōlatāṁ kaṁpē tē sabhā cōra.

Literally
One who trembles while speaking in an assembly is an assembly-thief.
What it means
Said of someone who lacks the courage to speak publicly or has a guilty conscience.
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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