બેઠક Bethak

ઠઠ નિશાળીઆને વતરણું ઘણાં.

ṭhaṭha niśāḷīānē vataraṇuṁ ghaṇāṁ.

Literally
The empty student has many excuses.
What it means
Those who know the least are often the most arrogant or full of pretense.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
He that knows least, commonly presumes most.

Also said as

  • અણકસણી હજામ ને અસ્ત્રા ઘણા.
  • ઠલો ઠઠ ને ઠમકા ભારી.
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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