へびにかまれてくちなわにおじる

蛇 に 噛 まれて 朽 ち 縄 に 怖 じる

  1. expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verb

    once bitten twice shy, to become over cautious from a bad experience, to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
    proverb