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From: Japanese-English Electronic Dictionary 和英電子辞書

 蛇に噛まれて朽ち縄に怖じる
 蛇に咬まれて朽ち縄に怖じる
 蛇に噛まれて朽縄に怖じる
 蛇に噛まれて朽縄におじる
 蛇にかまれて朽縄におじる
 へびにかまれてくちなわにおじる
 Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
 once bitten twice shy
 to become over cautious from a bad experience
 to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
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