蛇に噛まれて朽ち縄に怖じる へびにかまれてくちなわにおじる 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) exp Advanced ➥
蛇の生殺し へびのなまごろし state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering; dragging out tortuously; half-killing a snake exp Advanced ➥