બેઠક Bethak

સારી ધરતી છે કે ચાલવા દે છે.

sārī dharatī chē kē cālavā dē chē.

Literally
It is a good earth that it lets you walk on it.
What it means
Said to a wicked or worthless person to remind them that they are tolerated only by the grace of the earth.

Also said as

  • સારી રામાયણ સુનકર પુછા, સીતા કિસકી જોર?
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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