ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY


Meaning of ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY in English

A person who has suffered from doing something has learned to avoid doing it again. - A proverb. * /Once Mary had got lost when her mother took her downtown. But a burnt child dreads the fire, so now Mary stays close to her mother when they are downtown./

Slang English vocab.      Английский сленговый словарь.