બેઠક Bethak

થાક્યાના ગાળ લાંબા થાય, થાક્યા ગાળ ગણે.

thākyānā gāḷa lāṁbā thāya, thākyā gāḷa gaṇē.

Literally
A tired person's steps become long, and a tired person counts the steps.
What it means
An exhausted person finds every remaining step arduous and constantly measures how far remains.

Also said as

  • થાણું થાણને ઠેલે.
  • થાળી ખોવાય, ત્યારે કુલામાં હાથ ઘાલે.
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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