akit a kígyó megmart, a gyíktól is fél

Hungarian

Etymology

Literally, “who was bitten by the snake, is afraid even of the lizard”

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒkit ɒ ˈkiːɟoː ˈmɛɡmɒrt ɒ ˈɟiːktoːliʃfeːl]

Proverb

akit a kígyó megmart, a gyíktól is fél

  1. once bitten, twice shy

Further reading

  • kígyó in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
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