Tag: once bitten twice shy
Watering hole
WotD: Watering hole In natural environments worldwide, you’ll find animals down at the local watering hole for a drink. The watering hole can be quite a dangerous place. The carnivores like to hang out there. They know that the herbivores have to come down for a drink sometime, and they’ll be vulnerable. On Friday and Saturday nights all around…
Learn the hard way
Phrase: Learn the hard way From time to time, we have to learn something the hard way. Experience is the best teacher. Yes, we can learn from books or by asking questions, but forgetting what we have acquired is easy if the learning did not leave a strong impression. Making mistakes, however, is the hard way…
Once bitten, twice shy
Saying: Once bitten, twice shy Today’s saying, once bitten, twice shy, means that once you do something and experience a painful situation, you’ll be careful not to repeat that mistake. Think about it this way. Imagine that you are looking for a date. You build up your courage and ask out a girl that you like.…
