બેઠક Bethak

શું શુક્રવાર થયો ? બાપના બુધવાર ?

śuṁ śukravāra thayō ? bāpanā budhavāra ?

Literally
Has Friday come? Or the father's Wednesday?
What it means
Said to mock someone who is making a big deal out of an ordinary day or event.

Also said as

  • શુક્લ બ્રાહ્મણને શા સ્વાદ, છાશ ન હોય તો દૂધે પણ ચાલે.
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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