brent barn skyr elden

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Proverb[edit]

brent barn skyr elden ("a burnt child shuns the fire")

  1. One is more cautious if one has been hurt in the past
  2. once bitten, twice shy, a burnt child dreads the fire
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