蛇に噛まれて朽ち縄に怖じる
へびにかまれてくちなわにおじる
Meanings
- Expression, Ichidan verb once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience (literally: to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake))
Kanji
- 蛇 snake. Read as へび.
- 噛 bite. Read as かむ.
- 朽 decay. Read as くちる.
- 縄 rope. Read as なわ.
- 怖 scary. Read as おじる.