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Doodh Ka Jala Chhaachh Bhi Phoonk Phoonk Kar Peeta Hai

दूध का जला छाछ भी फूँक फूँक कर पीता है
also written: doodh ka jala chhachh bhi phoonk phoonk kar peeta hai
Meaning

Once burned, one is overly cautious thereafter.

Literally: he who is scalded by milk blows even on buttermilk

See it in the verse

Doodh Ka Jala Chhaachh Bhi Phoonk 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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