બેઠક Bethak

ઊંધી ઇંટનો ચણનાર કડીઓ.

ūṁdhī iṁṭanō caṇanāra kaḍīō.

Literally
A mason who lays bricks upside down.
What it means
Describes someone who is incompetent or does things in a way that guarantees failure.

Also said as

  • ઊંધું બોલ્યે કાંઈ દહાડા વળે 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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