burn one's fingers

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[edit] English

[edit] Verb

to burn one's fingers

  1. (idiomatic) to harm oneself; to suffer consequences of one's actions.
    He burned his fingers in the stock market and has been timid about investing ever since.

[edit] Translations

harm oneself
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