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Joachim Lous
Joachim Lous
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once you are bitten by something, you will be twice as shy ofof it

The many meanings of "shy" all connect to avoidance or distancing. One of the meanings of the epressionexpression "shy of" is "afraid of" or "staying away from".

There is an embedded pun in the saying, contrasting the multiple senses of "once" and "twice".

once you are bitten by something, you will be twice as shy of it

The many meanings of "shy" all connect to avoidance or distancing. One of the meanings of the epression "shy of" is "afraid of" or "staying away from".

There is an embedded pun in the saying, contrasting the multiple senses of "once" and "twice".

once you are bitten by something, you will be twice as shy of it

The many meanings of "shy" all connect to avoidance or distancing. One of the meanings of the expression "shy of" is "afraid of" or "staying away from".

There is an embedded pun in the saying, contrasting the multiple senses of "once" and "twice".

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Joachim Lous
Joachim Lous
  • 111
  • 3

once you are bitten by something, you will be twice as shy of it

The many meanings of "shy" all connect to avoidance or distancing. One of the meanings of the epression "shy of" is "afraid of" or "staying away from".

There is an embedded pun in the saying, contrasting the multiple senses of "once" and "twice".