A person that has been harmed by something becomes more cautious about it.

(idiomatic) To suffer relatively minor, adversive, and unexpected harm.

simple past tense and past participle of fiddle while Rome burns

Alternative form of a burnt child dreads the fire

Alternative form of a burnt child dreads the fire

simple past tense and past participle of burn that bridge when one comes to it

Alternative form of better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick

A royal burgh (town) in the Fife council area of Scotland (OS grid ref NT2385).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0509). / A ghost town in Rawlins County, Kansas, United States.

(archaic) second-person singular simple past form of burn