બેઠક Bethak

શેણજીએ દાતરડાં ગળ્યાં, પણ પુંડે કહાડતાં ભારે પડશે.

śēṇajīē dātaraḍāṁ gaḷyāṁ, paṇa puṁḍē kahāḍatāṁ bhārē paḍaśē.

Literally
The merchant swallowed sickles, but it will be difficult to pass them out from behind.
What it means
Said of someone who greedily takes on a liability or commits a crime that will be extremely painful to resolve later.

Also said as

  • શેકણી ચાકરી, ગાંઠકા ખાનાં, કપડે ફટે તણ ધરકુ બનાં.
  • શેકની ગાં-માં ગરેણી પેઠી.
  • શેઢી વાત્રકને લઈ જાય.
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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