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蛇に噛まれて朽ち縄に怖じる； 蛇に咬まれて朽ち縄に怖じる [sK] ； 蛇に噛まれて朽縄に怖じる [sK] ； 蛇に噛まれて朽縄におじる [sK] ； 蛇にかまれて朽縄におじる [sK]
【 へびにかまれてくちなわにおじる 】
1. [exp,v1] [proverb]
▶ once bitten twice shy
▶ to become over cautious from a bad experience
▶ [lit] to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)

Conjugations


History:
6. A 2023-02-14 21:03:02  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2023-02-14 19:42:19  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
I was mistaken in my comment below, so I just want to note for posterity that daijs and koj have the 朽縄 version.

朽ち縄 is in jitsuyou. It seems to be the more common form.

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーー─┬────╮
│ 朽ち縄に怖じる　 │ 59 │
│ 朽縄に怖じる　　 │  0 │
│ 朽ち縄におじる　 │  0 │
│ 朽縄におじる　　 │  0 │
│ くちなわに怖じる │  0 │
│ くちなわにおじる │  0 │
╰─ーーーーーーーー─┴────╯
4. A 2023-02-14 02:32:44  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
I guess so. It's on kotozawa lists.
  Diff: 
@@ -28,0 +29 @@
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
3. A* 2023-02-14 00:20:16  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
The first form is in daijs. Maybe the rest can be hidden.
  Diff: 
@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -11,0 +13 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -14,0 +17 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -17,0 +21 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -23,0 +28 @@
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
2. A 2013-03-26 05:20:38  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
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