બેઠક Bethak

સાસુ વહુમાં સાંબેલું ગેળ.

sāsu vahumāṁ sāṁbēluṁ gēḷa.

Literally
A wooden pestle passed back and forth between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
What it means
Endless, repetitive friction between two women sharing the same household.

Also said as

  • સિંઘમાં સોમી પાંતી.
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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