once bitten, twice shy

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27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bengali: ঘর পোড়া গরু সিঁদুরে মেঘ দেখে ডরায় (ghor pōṛa goru śĩdure megh dekhe ḍoraẏ) — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire
• Chinese Mandarin: 一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井繩 /一朝被蛇咬 — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire
• Chinese Mandarin: 十年怕井绳 (yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo, shí nián pà jǐng shéng) — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire
• Danish: brændt barn skyr ilden — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire
• Dutch: door schade en schande wordt men wijs — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire
• Dutch: een ezel stoot zich geen tweemaal aan dezelfde steen — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire
• Dutch: een gewaarschuwd mens telt voor twee — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire
• Finnish: Siperia opettaa — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire
• French: chat échaudé craint l'eau froide — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire
• Galician: cos escarmentados fanse os avisados — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire
• German: ein gebranntes Kind scheut das Feuer — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire
• Greek: όποιος καεί με τον χυλό, φυσάει και το γιαούρτι (ópoios kaeí me ton chyló, fysáei kai to giaoúrti) — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire
• Hebrew: מִי שֶׁנִכְוָה בְּרוֹתְחִין נִזְהָר בְּצוֹנְנִין (mi shenikhvá berotkhín niz'hár betzonenín) — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire
• Hindi: दूध का जला छाछ भी फूँक फूँक कर पीता है (dūdh kā jalā chāch bhī phū̃k phū̃k kar pītā hai) — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire
• Hungarian: akit a kígyó megmart, a gyíktól is fél — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire
• Icelandic: brennt barn forðast eldinn — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire
• Italian: gatto scottato teme l'acqua fredda — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire
• Japanese: 羮に懲りて膾を吹く (atsumono ni korite namasu o fuku) — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire
• Macedonian: кога ќе се изгори од млекото, ќе дува и на маштеницата (koga ḱe se izgori od mlekoto, ḱe duva i na maštenicata) — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire
• Norwegian Bokmål: brent barn skyr ilden — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire
• Norwegian Nynorsk: brent barn skyr elden — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire
• Polish: kto się na gorącym sparzył, ten na zimne dmucha — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire
• Portuguese: gato escaldado de água fria tem medo — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire
• Romanian: cine s-a fript cu ciorbă, suflă și-n iaurt — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire
• Serbo-Croatian: tko se jednom opeče, puše i na hladno — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire
• Spanish: gato escaldado del agua fría huye — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire
• Turkish: sütten ağzı yanan, yoğurdu üfleyerek yer — one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire