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Baal Ki Khaal Nikalna

बाल की खाल निकालना
also written: baal ki khal nikalna
Meaning

To split hairs; to nitpick over trifling details.

Literally: to skin the hide off a single 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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