Chi della serpa è punto, ha paura della lucertola.He who has been stung by a serpent is afraid of a lizard.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione italiana · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHe who has been stung by a serpent is afraid of a lizard.
Tradizione italiana · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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- Henry G. Bohn · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (1857) · ITALIAN PROVERBS · paragrafo 305 · «Chi della serpa è punto, ha paura della lucertola.»
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