સાપના કરડ્યો સીંદરીથી ડરે.

sāpanā karaḍyō sīṁdarīthī ḍarē.

Literally: One who has been bitten by a snake fears even a rope.
What it means: A traumatic experience makes a person fearful of anything remotely resembling the threat.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: A lizard alarms him whom a serpent has bitten.A burnt child dreads the fire.

Also said as

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · English is machine-made and nobody has checked it yet

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