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What does once bitten, twice shy mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word once bitten, twice shy? Here's what it means.

Proverb
  1. One is cautious if he or she has been hurt in the past.
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Assuming that GMOs are not dangerous, what we have here is a case of once bitten, twice shy.
The Kerry champions, on their first visit to Croke Park as a club, played with the conservatism and nervousness of a team that had been here before, once bitten, twice shy.
But her resilient, pragmatic approach won over voters who could arguably have been once bitten, twice shy about returning any sort of Thatcher to victory.
Of course, once bitten, twice shy, and on top of that, he's got the whole male ego thing telling him not to take another risk.
I can only hope that as a nation, we remain once bitten, twice shy.
I would never have believed the pictures had I not seen them, and once bitten, twice shy.

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