બેઠક Bethak

ટીલું લેઇને તું શું આવ્યો છું?

ṭīluṁ lēinē tuṁ śuṁ āvyō chuṁ?

Literally
What have you come with, carrying a sect-mark?
What it means
Asked of someone who arrives empty-handed or with nothing but useless, superficial credentials.

Also said as

  • ટુટીયાળ છે.
  • હુંકી ગરદનીએ મહા પાપી.
  • ટુંકા ગજ, નાનું માળું, ફાટેલ પાટલો, છાબડે કાણું.
  • ટેલા તુટી ગયા છે.
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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