બેઠક Bethak

સાસુ ઠેસે જાય, ને વહુને બહારવટી કહે.

sāsu ṭhēsē jāya, nē vahunē bahāravaṭī kahē.

Literally
The mother-in-law trips over, and calls the daughter-in-law an outlaw.
What it means
Blaming a subordinate for one's own clumsiness or errors.

Also said as

  • સાસુ નહીં, નણંદ નહીં, આપે એકલાં આનંદ.
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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