બેઠક Bethak

વાટ જોવાની વેળા લાંબી બહુ થાય.

vāṭa jōvānī vēḷā lāṁbī bahu thāya.

Literally
The time spent waiting becomes very long.
What it means
Expresses how agonizingly slow time feels when someone is eagerly anticipating an arrival or outcome.

Also said as

  • વાળાં ઝરડાં, ઘરમાં ધરડાં.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · 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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