a bad experience cause to believe caution
said when you are frightened to do something again because you had the unfriendly experience of doing so for the first time
the first unpleasant experience of doing something – makes it scary and more difficult for further tries
I will never work with Peter again. He expects everyone to do the work on his behalf, once bitten twice shy.
We are careful about renting an apartment from that company. The previous one was terrible. Once bitten twice shy.
I am really worried about of using elevator again since I was stuck into it for hours – once bitten, twice shy.
Since my little daughter fell from the swing, she doesn’t like swinging it anymore. Truly said, once bitten, twice shy.
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