lohay ke chane chabana
lohe ke chane chabana
To endure severe difficulties or hardships.
شدید مشکلات یا سختیوں کا سامنا کرنا۔
Shadeed mushkilat ya sakhtiyon ka samna karna.
To endure extremely difficult circumstances or impossible tasks. Chewing iron grams (chane) is obviously impossible — it would break your teeth. This idiom describes situations so tough that they feel as impossible as chewing iron. It is used for extreme poverty, impossible deadlines, or unbearable living conditions. The phrase reflects the South Asian experience of hardship with a touch of dark humor. A more common variant is 'lohe ke chane chabana' versus the simpler 'pathar ka khana khana'.
بے روزگاری میں غریبوں کو لوجے کے چنے چبانے پڑتے ہیں۔
Be-rozgari mein gharibon ko lohay ke chane chabane partay hain.
In unemployment, the poor have to endure impossible hardships.
बेरोज़गारी में ग़रीबों को लोहे के चने चबाने पड़ते हैं।