બેઠક Bethak

તેરા તેલ ગયા મેરા ખેલ ગયા.

tērā tēla gayā mērā khēla gayā.

Literally
Your oil is gone, my performance is gone.
What it means
Cooperation or service ceases the moment the underlying compensation or support ends.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
No longer pipe, no longer dance.

Also said as

  • તારી વાત ગઈ, મારી રાત ગઈ.
  • તેરા ખેલ ગયા, મેરા તોલ ગયા.
  • તેરા માલ ગયા, મેરા ખ્યાલ ગયા.
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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