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Paani-paani hona

पानी-पानी होना
Meaning

To melt with shame; to be thoroughly embarrassed.

Literally: 'to become water-water'

See it in the verse

Paani-paani hona in Iqbal’s couplets

Pani pani kar gai mujh ko qalandar ki ye baat
Tu jhuka jab ghair ke aage na man tera na tan
The wandering sage's words washed over me with shame: the moment you bow before another, neither your mind nor your body is your own.
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