a burnt child dreads the fire
- a burnt child dreads the fire
c 1250 Proverbs of Hending in Anglia (1881) IV. 199 Brend child fuir fordredeth [is in dread of].
c 1400 Romaunt of Rose 1. 1820 ‘For evermore gladly,’ as I rede, ‘Brent child of fier hath mych drede.’
1580 LYLY Euphues & his England II. 92 A burnt childe dreadeth the fire... Thou mayst happely forsweare thy selfe, but thou shalt neuer delude me.
1777 P. THICKNESSE Journey I. xviii. He then observed, that a burnt child dreads the fire;..that a Jew had lately passed thro’ France, who had put off false Bank notes, and that I might..have taken some.
1889 Pictorial Proverbs for Little People 5 She will not touch a match or a lighted candle..which proves that the proverb is true which says: a burnt child dreads the fire.
1948 WODEHOUSE Uncle Dynamite II. vii. The burnt child fears the fire, and bitter experience had taught Pongo Twistleton to view with concern the presence in his midst of Ickenham’s fifth earl.
1984 Newsweek 5 Nov. 98 The burned child fears the fire and when dawn breaks next Tuesday voters may pull the covers over their ringing heads and refuse to get out of bed.
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burnt\ child\ dreads\ the\ fire — • burnt child dreads the fire • once bitten, twice shy proverb A person who has suffered from doing something has learned to avoid doing it again. Once Mary had got lost when her mother took her downtown. But a burnt child dreads the fire, so now … Словарь американских идиом
burnt child dreads the fire — or[once bitten, twice shy] A person who has suffered from doing something has learned to avoid doing it again. A proverb. * /Once Mary had got lost when her mother took her downtown. But a burnt child dreads the fire, so now Mary stays close to… … Dictionary of American idioms
burnt child dreads the fire — or[once bitten, twice shy] A person who has suffered from doing something has learned to avoid doing it again. A proverb. * /Once Mary had got lost when her mother took her downtown. But a burnt child dreads the fire, so now Mary stays close to… … Dictionary of American idioms
burnt child dreads the fire — bad experience or shocking event can mark a person s attitude or way of thinking throughout this person s life … English contemporary dictionary
A burnt child dreads the fire. — См. Обжегшись на молоке, будешь дуть и на воду … Большой толково-фразеологический словарь Михельсона (оригинальная орфография)
fire — see fire is a good servant but a bad master the same fire that melts the butter hardens the egg a burnt child dreads the fire dirty water will quench fire fight fire with fire you should know a man seven years before you stir hi … Proverbs new dictionary
fire — See: BALL OF FIRE, BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA or BETWEEN TWO FIRES, BUILD A FIRE UNDER, BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE, CATCH FIRE, DRAW FIRE, FAT S IN THE FIRE, FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE, HANG FIRE, HEAP COALS OF FIRE ON ONE S HEAD, HOLD… … Dictionary of American idioms
fire — See: BALL OF FIRE, BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA or BETWEEN TWO FIRES, BUILD A FIRE UNDER, BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE, CATCH FIRE, DRAW FIRE, FAT S IN THE FIRE, FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE, HANG FIRE, HEAP COALS OF FIRE ON ONE S HEAD, HOLD… … Dictionary of American idioms
fire — See: ball of fire, between the devil and the deep blue sea or between two fires, build a fire under, burnt child dreads the fire, catch fire, draw fire, fat s in the fire, fight fire with fire, hang fire, heap coals of fire on one s head, hold… … Словарь американских идиом
child — see Monday’s child is fair of face the child is the father of the man a burnt child dreads the fire praise the child, and you make love to the mother spare the rod and spoil the child it takes a whole village to bring up a … Proverbs new dictionary
