બેઠક Bethak

સારું કાઈનું સાંખે નહીં, પેટમાં ઝાઝા લાળા;

sāruṁ kāīnuṁ sāṁkhē nahīṁ, pēṭamāṁ jhājhā lāḷā;

Literally
Does not tolerate anyone's good, many scorpions in the stomach.
What it means
A jealous person is filled with internal bitterness.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
To laugh at the misfortunes of others.

Also said as

  • લાલો કહે છે માલાને, એ બળતરાના ચાળા.
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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