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Muh ki khaana

मुँह की खाना
Meaning

To suffer a humiliating defeat; to be soundly beaten.

Literally: 'to eat it in the mouth'

See it in the verse

Muh ki 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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