A proverb meaning that after having a bad experience, one becomes overly cautious or avoids similar things to an excessive degree; 'once bitten, twice shy.'
前に失敗してから、彼は些細なことでも慎重になり、まさに羹に懲りて膾を吹く状態だ。
Since his previous failure, he has become cautious about even small things—truly once bitten, twice shy.
このことわざは、あつものにこりてなますをふくと平仮名で書かれることもある。
This proverb is sometimes written in kana as 'あつものにこりてなますをふく.'