be very cautious, take every precaution, look before one leaps

move very cautiously

be very cautious, take every precaution, look before one leaps

to set (one's) house on fire and look on at the sport', to waste one's substance in idle pleasures

waste one's substance in idle pleasure

once bitten/ burnt twice shy

A burnt child dreads the fire.

to exorcise, to repeat spells or charms over (a sick person)

blow a charm or spell (to bring someone under influence), cause grief, set on fire, burn down, spread a rumour or report, to waste (money), whisper or breathe into one's ear

burned off, to burn the body

someone very thin and feeble

frail and delicate man

blow, breath, puff, the act of blowing, a puff of hookah,(something) very light in weight,(something) very thin, light (ornament), charm or incantation breathed over someone

blow

burn to ashes, destroy, wreck, squander a fortune