Idiom
burn one's fingers
Meaning
To harm oneself; to suffer consequences of one's actions.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He burned his fingers when he tried to fix the wiring himself.”
“After losing money on that risky investment, he learned his lesson and will not burn his fingers again.”
“Having burned his fingers in a previous political scandal, the senator now approaches every new policy with extreme caution.”
Examples
simple
“He burned his fingers when he tried to fix the wiring himself.”
contextual
“After losing money on that risky investment, he learned his lesson and will not burn his fingers again.”
complex
“Having burned his fingers in a previous political scandal, the senator now approaches every new policy with extreme caution.”
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