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Baal ki khaal nikalna

बाल की खाल निकालना
Meaning

To split hairs; to nitpick over trifles.

Literally: 'to skin a hair'

See it in the verse

Baal ki khaal nikalna in Iqbal’s couplets

Jawanon ko meri aah-e-sahar de
Phir in shaheen bachchon ko bal-o-par de
Give the young my dawn-time sigh of longing — and give these falcon-children their wings and their feathers once more.
Youth · The Falcon · Aspiration
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