burn one's fingers

English

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Verb

burn one's fingers (third-person singular simple present burns one's fingers, present participle burning one's fingers, simple past and past participle burned one's fingers or burnt 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.

Translations

harm oneself

• Finnish: polttaa sormensa, polttaa näppinsä
• French: se tirer une balle dans le pied (fr)
• Russian: обжига́ться (ru) (obžigátʹsja), обже́чься (ru) (obžéčʹsja)
• Telugu: చేతులు కాల్చుకొను (cētulu kālcukonu)