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Urdu · idiom · Everyday Life
Pet mein bal padna
पेट में बल पड़ना
Meaning
To laugh until one's sides ache.
Literally: knots forming in the belly (from laughing)
See it in the verse
Pet mein bal padna in Iqbal’s couplets
Jawanon ko meri aah-e-sahar de
Phir in shaheen bachchon ko bal-o-par de
Give the young my dawn-time sigh of longing — and give these falcon-children their wings and their feathers once more.
Youth · The Falcon · Aspiration
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