APAD: Once bitten twice shy

Once bitten twice shy.

A person won’t do something a second time because he/she had bad experience the first time.

Example: I won’t try this drink, because last time I had a burning sensation in my throat. Once bitten twice shy, I guess. 

 

What to call if someone made the same mistake 3 times? 

A ture idiot! 

不贰过：哀公问：“弟子孰为好学？”孔子对曰：“有颜回者好学，不迁怒，不贰过，不幸短命死矣，今也则亡，未闻好学者也。”

一朝被蛇咬 十年怕草绳

Last Christmas 这首歌里用这句当歌词

True but have mercy! I seem to make the same

 

 

mistakes forever on the BJJ mat :-(((

The guy whom I asked this question to, is going.....

the time, he's starting his 3rd marriage

He has a yen for marriage :-)

不贰过: doesn't make the same mistake twice? Sounds a saint.

Came here for English, will end up educated in Chinese :-)

addiction? seemed settled pretty good so far........

Trying to figure out similarity between two cultures

What does BJJ mat mean?

Similarty and difference of cultures are equally interesting

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Anything special with it?

Well. Where do I start? :-) Look it up.

Many say jiu-jitsu has saved their lives.

For me, it gives me the confidence to face a bigger, stronger opponent.

In men's world, that's priceless.

Interesting!

ZT: 三言两语话BJJ

连想起一个小时候听来的一个关于1，2，3的笑话： 上衣兜别一支钢笔是小学生，别两支钢笔是大学生，别三支钢笔是 ——

修钢笔的。

（与主贴无关。就是联想到了。）

 

过犹不及

Whatever happened to "If at first you don't succeed...

try, try again. Is success not built upon multiple mistakes and failures?

It is not about many failures.It is about identical mistakes

It is allowed to have many failures due to different mistake

It is not good to fail with same mistake

Once bitten twice shy。看来第一次留下的心理阴影面积还挺大的。：）

What if one speaks the truth when it's not...

the popular sentiment, as is oftentimes the case in political discourse, and gets ostracized and loses support again and again, is he then considered a fool?

Well, he was not making mistake at first place.

The topic is about repeated mistakes, not repeated failures

Failure by itself is not a mistake.