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Munh ki khana

मुँह की खाना
Meaning

To suffer a humiliating defeat.

Literally: to eat with one's face

See it in the verse

Munh ki khana 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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