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1 пуганая ворона куста боится
1) General subject: once bitten twice shy, the burnt child dreads the fire2) Set phrase: a bitten child dreads the dog, a burnt child dreads the fire, a scared crow is afraid of a bush, he that hath been bitten by a serpent, is afraid of a rope (contrast: threatened folk(s) live long), he thinks every bush is boggard, once bit, twice shy, once bitten (or bit), twice shy (he who happened to suffer much (or who was once frightened), fears everything), once bitten, twice shy (дословно: Однажды укушенный вдвойне пуглив), once frightened, twice shy, the scalded cat fears cold water3) Makarov: burnt child dreads the fireУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > пуганая ворона куста боится
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