બેઠક Bethak

ઊંદર બિલાડીને મેળ આવે, તો ઘરધણીને સુખ આવે નહીં.

ūṁdara bilāḍīnē mēḷa āvē, tō gharadhaṇīnē sukha āvē nahīṁ.

Literally
If the mouse and cat come to an agreement, the house owner will not have peace.
What it means
When two natural enemies collude, the person in charge suffers.

Also said as

  • ઊદમાતની ઊજણી, એક ઊછળે ધૂળ ને એક ઊછળે પાણી.
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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