英语词汇“burn one's fingers”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	burn one's fingers
释义	burn one's fingers Harm oneself, as in I'm staying away from risky stocks; I've burned my fingers often enough. Some believe this expression came from a legend about a monkey who gets a cat to pull its chestnuts out of the fire (see cat's paw); others hold it is from an English proverb: “Burn not thy fingers to snuff another's candle” (James Howell, English Proverbs, 1659). [c. 1700] Words nearby burn one's fingers burnisher, Burnley, burn off, burn one's bridges, burn oneself out, burn one's fingers, burnoose, burnous, burnout, burn rate, burn rubber The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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burn one's fingers