બેઠક Bethak

સાપનો કરડ્યો સીંદરીથી ડરે.

sāpanō karaḍyō sīṁdarīthī ḍarē.

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.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) · 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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