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a burnt child dreads the fire
Definition:  a person who has experienced consequences for bad decisions will try to avoid those decisions in future not to experience the same consequences again
Usage:  Phillip is against his team members who want to invest their money after losing his investments during the stock market crash; they then realised that a burnt child dreads the fire
SEPEDI
Translation:  ngwana wo a swelego o tšhaba mollo
Proverb: wa longwa ke selo seswana o tla tšhaba le mogokolodi
XITSONGA
Translation:  n’wana loyi a tshweke hi ndzilo u chava ndzilo
Proverb: muhloti wa tinyarhi ti vuya hi yena
TSHIVENḒA
Translation:  ṅwana o swaho u ofha mulilo
Proverb: wa ṱalifhela ṅanga, u ṱalifhela na dwadze