after an unpleasant experience, you are careful to avoid it happening again
после неприятного опыта вы осторожны, чтобы избежать его повторения (posle nepriyatnogo opyta vy ostorozhny, chtoby izbezhat' ego povtoreniya)
"After losing money in the stock market, he became once bitten, twice shy."
"после того как он потерял деньги на фондовом рынке, он стал один раз укушенный, дважды стеснительный." (posle togo kak on poteryal dengi na fondovom rynke, on stal **odin raz ukushenny, dvazhdy stesnitel'nyy**)
to fail to experience something enjoyable
to do more than what is required
to have financial difficulties; to feel short of money
to send a private message to someone on social media, often...
to achieve the maximum ability or success that you are capab...
to be patient until something becomes clear
