Translation of "once bitten twice shy" to Spanish

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Dictionary translations for "once bitten twice shy"

once bitten twice shy adverb

gato escaldado del agua fría huye

Contexts with "once bitten twice shy"

Once bitten twice shy Una vez mordido dos veces tímido

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, 'and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice 'without pictures or conversation?' Alicia se empezaba a aburrir mucho de estar sentada junto a su hermana en la orilla del arrollo sin tener nada que hacer: una o dos veces había ojeado el libro que su hermana leía, pero no tenía figuras ni diálogos en él, '¿y qué uso tiene un libro sin figuras o diálogos?', pensó Alicia.

I went not once, but twice. Fui no una vez, sino dos.

He did it not once, but twice. No lo hizo una sola vez, sino dos.

Three days passed, four days passed. The wind blew once, it rained twice. Tres días pasaron, cuatro días pasaron. El viento sopló una vez, llovió dos veces.

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