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get/have your fingers burned
idiom informal(alsoburn your fingers)
to suffer unpleasant results of an action, especially loss of money, so you do not want to do the same thing again: （因错误决定而）吃亏，蒙受损失，（尤指）遭受金钱损失
She'd invested extensively in stocks and got her fingers burned when the market collapsed.她在股市上大量投资，结果股市崩溃损失惨重。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Experiencing and suffering
(straight) from the horse's mouthidiom
afflict
affliction
almost/nearly die of somethingidiom
be a martyr to somethingidiom
be a victim of your own successidiom
bear
count
grip
hands-on
hit someone where they liveidiom
hold onidiom
horse
impact statement
ride
see lifeidiom
stricken
suffer the consequences
survive
taste
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