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• He that hath been bitten by a serpent is afraid of a rope - Пуганая ворона и куста боится (П)• Serpents engender in still waters - В тихом омуте черти водятся (B)• Whom a serpent has bitten, a lizard alarms - Пуганая ворона и куста боится (П) -
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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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Не who once had big troubles is afraid even of that which is not fraught with danger. See Битому псу только плеть покажи (Б), Обжегшись на горячем, дуешь на холодное (O), Ошпаренный кот боится холодной воды (O)Var.: Пуганый волк и кочки боится. Пуганый заяц и пенька боитсяCf: Birds once snared fear all bushes (Br.). A bitten child dreads a dog (Am.). A bitten child dreads the dog (Br.). A burnt child dreads the fire (Am., Br.). Не that hath been bitten by serpent is afraid of a rope (Br.). A man once bitten by a snake will jump at the sight of a rope in his path (Am.). Once bitten (bit), twice shy (Am., Br.). Once wounded, twice as windy (Br.). Whom a serpent has bitten, a lizard alarms (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Пуганая ворона и куста боится
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