shy

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ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY and BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE.

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burnt child dreads the fire

[burnt child dreads the fire] or [once bitten, twice shy] A person who has suffered from doing something has learned to avoid doing it again. - A proverb. * /Once […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

once bitten, twice shy

[once bitten, twice shy] See: [BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

twice

[twice] See: [BIG AS LIFE] (2), [LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE], [THINK TWICE], [ONCE BITTEN], [TWICE SHY] and [BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[fire] See: [BALL OF FIRE], [BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA] or [BETWEEN TWO FIRES], [BUILD A FIRE UNDER], [BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE], [CATCH FIRE], [DRAW FIRE], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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