બેઠક Bethak

સુકા ભેગું લીલું બળે.

sukā bhēguṁ līluṁ baḷē.

Literally
The green burns along with the dry.
What it means
The innocent suffer along with the guilty.

Also said as

  • નબળા સાથે સહુ નબળા.
  • પાપડી સાથે ઇયળ બકાય.
  • ઝાઝે ગાંડે ગામ ગાંઠું.
  • લડાઈ જોવા જાય તેને પણ વાગે.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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