A burnt child dreads the fire
Обжегшееся дитя огня боится.
Обжегшись на молоке, будешь дуть и на воду.
Другие пословицы:
- Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us
- To pour water into a sieve
- To go through fire and water (through thick and thin)
- Soft fire makes sweet malt
- There is no fire without smoke
- Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea
- To fish in troubled waters
- The scalded dog fears cold water
- Every miller draws water to his own mill
- Blood is thicker than water
- We never know the value of water till the well is dry
- It is good fishing in troubled waters
- The mill cannot grind with the water that is past
- A little fire is quickly trodden out
- Still waters run deep