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Dimaag khaana

दिमाग़ खाना

Meaning

To pester and wear someone out with talk.

Literally: to eat someone's brain

See it in the verse

Dimaag khaana in Iqbal’s couplets

Jinhen main dhundhta tha aasmanon mein zaminon mein
Wo nikle mere zulmat-khana-e-dil ke makinon mein

Those I searched for across the skies and the earth turned out to dwell in the darkened house of my own heart.

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