- Literally
- The one bitten by a snake is afraid of a rope.
- What it means
- A person who has been hurt once becomes overly cautious of anything resembling that danger.
- 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
- દૂધનો દાઝ્યો, છાશ ફૂંકીને પીએ.
- ભડકાળ્યા છાંયડાથી ડરે.
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