BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE

Meaning of BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE in English

= once bitten, twice shy

Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012

BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE — bad experience or shocking event can mark a person's attitude or way of thinking throughout this person's life
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE — A person who has suffered from doing something has learned to avoid doing it again. A proverb. Once Mary had …
American Idioms English vocabulary
BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE — обжегшись на молоке, пуганая ворона и куста боится
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE — обжегшись на молоке, пуганая ворона и куста боится
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE — Обжегшееся дитя огня боится. Ср. Обжегшись на молоке, будешь дуть и на воду
Английские поговорки
BURNT — прил. горелый, жженый burnt gas ≈ отработанный газ burnt offering ≈ всесожжение burnt child dreads the fire посл. ≈ обжегшись …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BURNT — прил. горелый, жженый burnt gas ≈ отработанный газ burnt offering ≈ всесожжение burnt child dreads the fire посл. ≈ обжегшись …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHILD — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) child abuse child development child labour child psychiatry child psychology Child Lydia Maria {{link=gifted …
Английский словарь Британика
FIRE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHILD
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BURNT — adjective Etymology: from past participle of burn (II) : consumed or altered by or as if by fire or heat: …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHILD — (n.) One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely …
Английский словарь Webster
BURNT — (p. p. & a.) Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or …
Английский словарь Webster
BURNT — () of Burn
Английский словарь Webster
CHILD — ( n. ) One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BURNT — of Burn
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BURNT — ( p. p. & a. ) Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FIRE — — firer , n. /fuyeur/ , n. , v. , fired, firing . n. 1. a state, process, or instance …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHILD — — childless , adj. — childlessness , n. /chuyld/ , n. , pl. children . 1. a person between birth …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BURNT — /berrnt/ , v. 1. a pt. and pp. of burn . adj. 2. Fine Arts. a. of or showing earth …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BURNT — adj. singed, scorched
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FIRE — I. ˈfi(-ə)r noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fȳr; akin to Old High German fiur fire, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FIRE — vt to drive by fire. 2. fire ·vt to cauterize. 3. fire ·vi to be irritated or inflamed with passion. …
Webster English vocab
CHILD
Webster English vocab
BURNT — of burn. 2. burnt ·p.p. & ·adj consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or …
Webster English vocab
DREADS — informal dreadlocks. → dread
Concise Oxford English vocab
BURNT — chiefly Brit. past and past participle of burn 1 .
Concise Oxford English vocab
FIRE — [fire] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE fyr; akin to OHG fiur fire, Gk pyr] (bef. 12c) 1 a (1): …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHILD — [child] n, pl chil.dren often attrib [ME, fr. OE cild; akin to Goth kilthei womb, and perh. to Skt jathara …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FIRE — fire BrE AmE ˈfa ɪ ‿ə AmE ˈfaɪ‿ ə r ▷ fire|d d ▷ firing ˈfa ɪ ‿ər ɪŋ AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CHILD — child, Child BrE AmE tʃaɪ ə ld ▷ children ˈtʃɪldr ə n ˈtʃʊldr- ˈtʃɪld ə rn ▷ children's ˈtʃɪldr ə …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BURNT — burnt BrE AmE bɜːnt AmE \ bɝːnt ▶ ˌ burnt ˈ offering BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FIRE — / ˈfaɪə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun STH BURNING 1. [ U ] the flames, light and heat, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DREADS — ➡ dreadlocks
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHILD — / tʃaɪld; NAmE / noun ( pl. chil·dren / ˈtʃɪldrən; NAmE /) 1. a young human who is not yet …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BURNT — / bɜːnt; NAmE bɜːrnt/ adjective damaged or injured by burning : burnt toast Your hand looks badly burnt.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIRE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CHILD — child S1 W1 /tʃaɪld/ BrE AmE noun ( plural children /ˈtʃɪldrən/) [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: cild ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BURNT — I. burnt 1 /bɜːnt $ bɜːrnt/ BrE AmE especially British English the past tense and past participle of ↑ burn …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FIRE
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHILD — n. (pl. children) 1 a a young human being below the age of puberty. b an unborn or newborn human …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BURNT — see BURN(1).
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIRE
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHILD — n. (pl. children) 1 a a young human being below the age of puberty. b an unborn or newborn human …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BURNT — see BURN(1).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIRE
Oxford English vocab
CHILD — n. (pl. children) 1. a a young human being below the age of puberty. b an unborn or newborn human …
Oxford English vocab
BURNT — see BURN(1).
Oxford English vocab
FIRE — I. BURNING, HEAT, OR ENTHUSIASM /faɪə(r)/ ( fires, firing, fired) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHILD — ( children) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A child is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BURNT — Burnt is a past tense and past participle of burn .
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BURNT — Burnt is a past tense and past participle of burn .
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FIRE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bomb/fire/terrorist etc alert ▪ a full-scale flood alert a devastating flood/fire/earthquake etc ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CHILD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a child star (= a child who is a famous performer ) ▪ The production …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BURNT — I. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES burnt at the stake ▪ Suspected witches were burnt at the stake . burnt to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CHILD
Cambridge English vocab
BURNT — [adjective]A burnt offering is something, such as an animal, that has been burned in honour of a god, or (UK …
Cambridge English vocab
CHILD — n. child abuse child development child labour child psychiatry child psychology Child Julia Child Lydia Maria gifted child
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FIRE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BURNT — Poxed or clapped. He was sent out a sacrifice, and came home a burnt offering; a saying of seamen who …
Slang English vocab
CHILD — n. chance child child's play love child natural child
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
FIRE — INDEX: 1. a fire that damages a building, forest, etc 2. a fire for making you warm, for cooking, or …
Longman Activator English vocab
CHILD — INDEX: 1. a child 2. someone’s son or daughter 3. a child whose parents have died 4. the time when …
Longman Activator English vocab
BURNT — mod (sl) burned q.v.
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Slang English vocab

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