Chat échaudé craint l'eau froide.
“A scalded cat fears even cold water.”
A painful past experience makes a person overly cautious afterward, even in safe situations.
— Traditional Belgium Wisdom, Belgium
Source: Traditional French-language Belgian proverb, shared Francophone oral tradition, public-domain
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