Значение слова "BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE" найдено в 4 источниках

BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE

найдено в "Dictionary of American idioms"
burnt child dreads the fire: translation

or[once bitten, twice shy] 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./

найдено в "Dictionary of American idioms"
burnt child dreads the fire: translation

or[once bitten, twice shy] 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./

найдено в "Англо-русском универсальном дополнительном практическом словаре И. Мостицкого"
посл.
Обжегшееся дитя огня боится.
ср. Обжегшись на молоке, будешь дуть и на воду.


найдено в "Англо-русском словаре редакции bed"
обжегшись на молоке, пуганая ворона и куста боится
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