'To get your fingers burned' describes experiencing unpleasant or unwanted outcomes from an action. For instance, losing all your money in a failed internet company is an example.
Se dice 'to get your fingers burned' cuando alguien experimenta resultados desagradables o no deseados como resultado de una acción. Por ejemplo, invertir todo el dinero en una pequeña empresa de internet y perderlo todo cuando cierra es un ejemplo de esto.
| Idiom | to get your fingers burned |
|---|---|
| Definition | to experience unwanted or unpleasant results to a course of action |
| Examples | - She invested all her money in a small internet company and really got her fingers burned when it closed down. - Don't worry. I'm not going to do it again. I got my fingers burned once already. - Having had her fingers burned once by her war correspondent partner, she's determined never to fall in love again. |
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