બેઠક Bethak

તમાકુનું પાનહું માગું તો આપે નહીં, જુડા ને જુડા ચાહું તો પંદર દહાડા ચાલે.

tamākunuṁ pānahuṁ māguṁ tō āpē nahīṁ, juḍā nē juḍā cāhuṁ tō paṁdara dahāḍā cālē.

Literally
If I ask for a single leaf of tobacco, they do not give it; if I want bundles upon bundles, it lasts for fifteen days.
What it means
Said of people who refuse to help with small, reasonable requests but are forced to tolerate or lose much larger amounts through other means.

Also said as

  • તમાશાનું તેડું નહીં, ને ઇશ્કનું મૂલ્ય નહીં.
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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