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Doodh ka jala chhaachh bhi phoonk kar peeta hai

दूध का जला छाछ भी फूँक कर पीता है
Meaning

Once bitten, twice shy.

Literally: one burnt by milk blows on buttermilk before drinking

See it in the verse

Doodh ka jala chhaachh bhi phoonk kar peeta hai in Iqbal’s couplets

Jis khet se dehqan ko muyassar nahin rozi
Us khet ke har khosha-e-gandum ko jala do
The field that does not yield its farmer even his daily bread — burn every ear of wheat in that field.
Justice · Courage
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