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اللي انكوى بالشوربة الحامية ينفخ عالزبادي البارد.

He who was scalded by hot soup blows on cold yogurt.

A painful past experience makes a person overly cautious, even about things that pose no real danger.

Traditional Jordan Wisdom, Jordan

Source: Traditional Jordan proverb, public-domain oral tradition

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