બેઠક Bethak

સાપના દરમાં હાથ ઘાલવા; સાપના મ્હેમાં હાથ ઘાલવા.

sāpanā daramāṁ hātha ghālavā; sāpanā mhēmāṁ hātha ghālavā.

Literally
To put one's hand in a snake's hole; to put one's hand in a snake's mouth.
What it means
Said of taking an extremely dangerous and foolish risk.

Also said as

  • સાબડ કરતાં રાખડ થયું, ને છતું પાણી કાદવમાં ગયું.
  • સાબુ સુગાળીઆ.
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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