Usually means: Hurt before, cautious now always.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word once bitten twice shy:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. once bitten twice shy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. once bitten, twice shy: Merriam-Webster
  3. once bitten, twice shy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. once bitten, twice shy, once bitten, twice shy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Once bitten, twice shy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. Once bitten, twice shy: Dictionary.com
  7. Once Bitten Twice Shy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Once bitten, twice shy: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. once bitten twice shy: Urban Dictionary



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