Idioms from around the world – Page 14

French
13 equivalent idioms
chat échaudé craint l'eau froide
A scalded cat fears cold water
English
13 equivalent idioms
once bitten, twice shy
Danish
13 equivalent idioms
brændt barn skyr ilden
a burnt child shuns the fire
Chinese
13 equivalent idioms
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩
Bitten by a snake on one day, afraid of the rope by the well for ten years
Finnish
12 equivalent idioms
puun ja kuoren välissä
between the wood and the bark
Hebrew
12 equivalent idioms
בין הפטיש והסדן
between the hammer and the anvil
Yiddish
12 equivalent idioms
צווישן האַמער און קאָוואַדלע
between hammer and anvil
Spanish
12 equivalent idioms
entre la espada y la pared
between sword and wall
French
12 equivalent idioms
entre le marteau et l'enclume
between the hammer and the anvil
Russian
12 equivalent idioms
Между молотом и наковальней
Between an anvil and a hammer