Everyone avoids repeating a hurting experience again in life
When you are once beaten by someone or something, you always avoid getting intact with that thing again
A person becomes more cautious when he or she gets hurt with something and secure him for the next time
He never considered my advice to drive slowly, unless the accident happened with him. Someone has said the truth a burnt child dreads the fire.
He was wary of new marriage after his divorce because a burnt child dreads the fire.
After his first accident, Sam is quite careful in driving now because a burnt child dreads a fire.
I always prefer to keep a fire extinguisher at home once I have seen a fire caught in my office as a burnt child dreads the fire.
A dog tried to bite me, and then I was so scared. A burnt child dreads the fire so I hate dogs now.
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