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"Once bitten, twice shy", what does that mean?

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Date Posted: 2014/05/07
Hojat Kermani Nejad
by Hojat Kermani Nejad , English Interpreter /Purchase and Quality control , Water and Waste Company

having gone thru a traumatic thing u never ever mean to see again

anayat bukhari
by anayat bukhari , Researcher, English Content Writer, Publisher , Noor Foundation

This idiom depicts a situation when someone goes through a bad experience at a certain place or a certain thing or with a certain person, he'll avoid it in the future.

Example:

Travelling in the bus was terrible, I'll not do it again, Once bitten twice shy.

amany said
by amany said , مدرسة لغة انجليزية , مدرسة عمر بن الخطاب التجريبية للغات

it means that someone who has been hurt or who has had something go wrong will be far more careful the next time

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