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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Burnt

The burnt child dreads the fire. Once caught, twice shy. “What! wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice?”

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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