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Burned child avoids the fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about children, fire, fire brigade

If you play with fire, you will get burned.

Proverbs and old sayings British about fire, fire brigade, contentment, old, olderness

A child's hand is not burned by hot yam which is placed into his palm by his mother.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, mother

He burned his own blister; now let him sit on it.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

When Pisa burned, it rained three nights and three days.

Proverbs and old sayings about day

One sprinkles the most sugar where the tart is burned.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Who has been burned once is afraid of fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian about fire, fire brigade

The dog I bought, bit me; the fire I kindled, burned me.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about fire, fire brigade

The dog I bought, bit me; the fire I kindeled, burned me.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about fire, fire brigade

He who has burned his mouth blows his soup.

Proverbs and old sayings German

He whose mouth was once burned by hot mush, blows even at sour milk.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

He is not an honest man who has burned his tongue and does not tell the company that the soup is hot.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about companies, man

A forest would want to be burned by its own wood.

Proverbs and old sayings

A thorn that pierces the toe should be burned by the light of a new moon lest the devil possess the foot.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about moon, light, devil

Uneaten soup and burned mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

I tried to do charity, I burned.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about charity

He was burned, so he ran into the bamboo grove, but the grove caught fire.

Proverbs and old sayings about fire, fire brigade

Too hasty burned his lips.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

When the house is burned down, you bring water.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about home, house, water, contentment

Once burned by milk you will blow on cold water.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about water, contentment