બેઠક Bethak

ઊધરાણી કરવી તો આકરી કરવી, ચાંપીને કરવી.

ūdharāṇī karavī tō ākarī karavī, cāṁpīnē karavī.

Literally
If you must collect a debt, do it strictly, do it by pressing.
What it means
You must be firm to get what is owed to you.

Also said as

  • આકરા આરા વગર કાઈ જઈ આપે 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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