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Kee
In English we say 'once bitten, twice shy' to mean, because you have a bad and unpleasant experience doing something the first time, you are more cautious and worried about doing it a second time.

Examples:

After Harry was sick on the rollercoaster, I don't think he'll go on one again – once bitten, twice shy!

Since Debbie broke up with her boyfriend, she's become very cautious about starting a new relationship. It's a case of once bitten, twice shy.

You say…

Manoshi
In English you have an idiom 'once bitten, twice shy' – now in Bengali we have something similar we call ?????? ?????? ??? ???? ??? – now nera is a bald headed man and bel tolai is a tree which bears a fruit called bel which is very very hard, as big as a grapefruit, as hard as a duce ball, so you can imagine if it lands on your head you will have a very very painful experience - so if you have that experience once you will never go under the bel tree (again).

Myint Swe
In English you say 'once bitten, twice shy' in Burmese we say ???????? ??????????????? - which means once you experience somebody dying in your surroundings, you will know the value of wood to make a coffin.

Graciela
In English you say 'once bitten, twice shy', in Portuguese we say: Gato escaldado tem medo de água fria – a cat that has been scalded with hot water is even afraid of cold water. Poor cat!

Kee
So, you've heard a few examples of 'one bitten, twice shy' in other languages, what do you say?

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