Lost in Literal

🇮🇳 Hindi, taken literally

नाक में दम करना

naak mein dam karna · Naak mein dam karna

Literally

To put breath into the nose

What it really means

To annoy someone intensely

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Hindi, taken literally

ऊंट के मुंह में जीराA cumin seed in a camel's mouthबंदर क्या जाने अदरक का स्वादHow would a monkey know the taste of ginger?भैंस के आगे बीन बजानाTo play a flute in front of a buffaloआसमान से गिरे खजूर में अटकेFallen from the sky and caught in a date palmएक अनार सौ बीमारOne pomegranate, a hundred sick peopleदाल में कुछ काला हैThere is something black in the lentils