![IMAGE: A burnt child dreads the fire. [The burnt child fears the fire.] / Once bitten, twice shy. [Once bit, twice shy.] / He that has been bitten by a serpent [snake] fear [is afraid of] a rotten rope. / A scalded cat [dog] fears (even) cold water.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/asian_match_dog_boy_basilisk-rattlesnake_cat.jpg)
羹に懲りて膾を吹く。 - 『楚辞』九章（中国～日本の諺）
/ やけどした子供は火を怖がる。
/ 一度噛まれると二度めには怖気付く。
/ 蛇に噛まれて朽ち縄に怖じる。
/ 熱湯でやけどをした猫［犬］は冷水を（も）恐れる。
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A burnt child dreads the fire. [The burnt child fears the fire.]
/ Once bitten, twice shy. [Once bit, twice shy.]
/ He that has been bitten by a serpent [snake] fear [is afraid of] a rotten rope.
/ A scalded cat [dog] fears (even) cold water.
![IMAGE: Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. [Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. / Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ai-generated-9017144_640-100x67.jpg)
![IMAGE: "Truly I tell you," Jesus answered, "this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times." [Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, Peter--this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny three times that you even know me."]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/peter-2199860_640-100x67.png)
![IMAGE: Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. [Faith is an assurance of what is hoped for, a conviction of unseen realities.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/all-saints-2887463_640-100x67.jpg)