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Urdu · proverb · Struggle & the Sword

Idhar kuaan udhar khaai

इधर कुआँ उधर खाई
Meaning

Perilous whichever way one turns.

Literally: a well on this side, a chasm on that

See it in the verse

Idhar kuaan udhar khaai in Iqbal’s couplets

Aag bujhi hui idhar TuuTi hui tanab udhar
Kya khabar is maqam se guzre hain kitne kaarvaan
A dead fire on one side, a snapped tent-rope on the other; who knows how many caravans have passed through this place.
Restlessness · Humility · Self-Knowledge
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