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"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
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"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
"word": "מִי שֶׁנִכְוָה בְּרוֹתְחִין נְזְהָר בְּצוֹנְנִין"
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"word": "gatto scottato teme l'acqua fredda"
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"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
"word": "gato escaldado de água fria tem medo"
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"note": "обжёгшись на молоке́, бу́дешь дуть и на во́ду (obžógšisʹ na moloké, búdešʹ dutʹ i na vódu, literally “having been burnt by milk, you'll blow onto water”)",
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"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire"
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"roman": "ghor pōṛa goru śĩdure megh dekhe ḍoraẏ",
"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
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"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
"word": "一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩"
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"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
"word": "一朝被蛇咬"
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"roman": "yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo, shí nián pà jǐng shéng",
"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
"word": "十年怕井绳"
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"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
"word": "brændt barn skyr ilden"
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"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
"word": "door schade en schande wordt men wijs"
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"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
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"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
"word": "Siperia opettaa"
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"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
"word": "chat échaudé craint l’eau froide"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
"word": "ein gebranntes Kind scheut das Feuer"
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"roman": "ópoios kaeí me ton chyló, fysáei kai to giaoúrti",
"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
"word": "όποιος καεί με τον χυλό, φυσάει και το γιαούρτι"
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"roman": "mi shenichvá berotḥín nizhár betzonenín",
"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
"word": "מִי שֶׁנִכְוָה בְּרוֹתְחִין נְזְהָר בְּצוֹנְנִין"
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"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
"word": "दूध का जला छाँछ भी फूँक कर पीता है"
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"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
"word": "akit a kígyó megmart, a gyíktól is fél"
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"english": "a child burnt shuns the fire",
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"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
"word": "brennt barn forðast eldinn"
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"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
"word": "gatto scottato teme l'acqua fredda"
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"roman": "atsumono ni korite namasu o fuku",
"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
"word": "羮に懲りて膾を吹く"
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"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
"word": "кога ќе се изгори од млекото, ќе дува и на маштеницата"
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"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
"word": "brent barn skyr ilden"
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"word": "brent barn skyr elden"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
"word": "kto się na gorącym sparzył, ten na zimne dmucha"
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"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
"word": "gato escaldado de água fria tem medo"
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"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
"word": "cine s-a fript cu ciorbă, suflă și-n iaurt"
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"code": "ru",
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"note": "обжёгшись на молоке́, бу́дешь дуть и на во́ду (obžógšisʹ na moloké, búdešʹ dutʹ i na vódu, literally “having been burnt by milk, you'll blow onto water”)",
"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "пу́ганая воро́на куста́ бои́тся (púganaja voróna kustá boítsja, literally “a frightened crow is afraid even of the bush”)",
"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire"
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"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
"word": "tko se jednom opeče, puše i na hladno"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
"word": "gato escaldado del agua fría huye"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "one is cautious in the future if hurt in the past — see also a burnt child dreads the fire",
"word": "sütten ağzı yanan, yoğurdu üfleyerek yer"
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"word": "once bitten, twice shy"
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