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GET/HAVE YOUR FINGERS BURNED

to suffer unpleasant results of an action, especially loss of money, so you do not want to do the same thing again
 GET/HAVE YOUR FINGERS BURNED
1. She'd invested extensively in stocks and got her fingers burned when the market collapsed.
2. He has had his fingers burnt by deals that turned out badly.


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