It could also just be English if you only speak English.

  • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
    40·
    4 days ago

    Here’s one in Egyptian Arabic: “He who gets burnt by soup will blow on yoghurt”, meaning that someone who gets hurt once will bexome careful not to repeat the experience.

    • kamen@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 days ago

      We have a similar one in Bulgarian too: “Парен каша духа” - roughly the same thing, but without explicitly mentioning youghurt.

    • gex@lemmy.world
      3·
      4 days ago

      There’s a very similar version in Spanish

      El que con leche se quema, hasta al jocoque le sopla

      He who gets burnt by milk will blow on jocoque

      • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
        1·
        3 days ago

        Made me think of the (ptpt/ptbr) saying “Quem com ferro fere, com ferro será ferido” - Who hurts with iron, shall be hurt with iron

    • DjMeas@lemm.ee
      6·
      4 days ago

      I really like this! Getting burnt so bad that you’d blow on something cold like ice out of fear.

    • ooli2@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      4 days ago

      In French we have “a burned cat fear cold water” (chat échaudé craint l’eau froide)