蛇に噛まれて朽ち縄に怖じる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蛇	噛	朽	縄	怖
へび Grade: S	か Hyōgaiji	く Grade: S	なわ Grade: 4	お Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
蛇に嚙まれて朽ち繩に怖じる (kyūjitai) 蛇に咬まれて朽ち縄に怖じる

Proverb

蛇(へび)に噛(か)まれて朽(く)ち縄(なわ)に怖(お)じる • (hebi ni kamarete kuchinawa ni ojiru) 

1. once bitten, twice shy

Synonyms

• 羹(あつもの)に懲(こ)りて膾(なます)を吹(ふ)く (atsumono ni kori te namasu o fuku)

See also

• (Chinese) 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩／一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草绳 (yīzhāo bèi shé yǎo, shínián pà cǎoshéng)

References

• Yoshikatsu Kitamura (2018) ことわざを知る辞典‎^[1] (in Japanese), Shogakukan