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Lambi chodi haankna

लंबी चौड़ी हाँकना
Meaning

To boast extravagantly; to talk big.

Literally: to drive long and wide talk

See it in the verse

Lambi chodi haankna in Iqbal’s couplets

Kabhi chhodi hui manzil bhi yaad aati hai rahi ko
Khatak si hai jo sine mein gham-e-manzil na ban jae
Sometimes the traveller remembers even the destination he left behind; I fear this faint ache in my chest may grow into grief for a settled place.
Restlessness · Aspiration
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