બેઠક Bethak

વહુ વાઘ હણતી, દરિયા તરંતી, ને મીની જોઇ ડરતી.

vahu vāgha haṇatī, dariyā taraṁtī, nē mīnī jōi ḍaratī.

Literally
The daughter-in-law kills tigers, swims oceans, and gets scared seeing a cat.
What it means
Said of someone who boasts of heroic deeds but cowers before trivial difficulties.

Also said as

  • વહુ સુધી કાંઈ વડાં હોય?
  • વહુના વાંકની ને વેપારીના આંકની ખબર પડે નહીં.
  • વહુને ને વરસાદને જશ 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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