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Urdu · proverb · Everyday Life

Chull-hu mein daana na chakki mein aata

चूल्हे में दाना न चक्की में आटा

Meaning

Utterly destitute; not a scrap of food in the house.

Literally: no grain in the hearth, no flour in the mill

See it in the verse

Chull-hu mein daana na chakki mein aata in Iqbal’s couplets

Is raaz ko ik mard-e-firangi ne kiya faash
Harchand ki dana ise khola nahin karte

A man of the West let this secret out — though the wise usually do not disclose it.

Justice · Awakening

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