Re: Once bitten, twice shy
Posted by bob on January 28, 2005
In Reply to: Re: Once bitten, twice shy posted by Bruce Kahl on January 27, 2005
: : what dose "once bitten, twice shy" mean exatly? : If you fall in love with someone and that someone rejects you--"once bitten"--you may be very, very reluctant--"twice shy"--to let yourself fall in love again. It's sometimes rendered "once burned, twice shy." Same meaning.
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