get one's fingers burnt

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To suffer relatively minor, adversive, and unexpected harm. idiomatic
    — He got his fingers burnt in that stock market scam, but at least he didn't lose his house.

词形变化

gets one's fingers burnt present,singular,third-person getting one's fingers burnt participle,present got one's fingers burnt past got one's fingers burnt UK,participle,past gotten one's fingers burnt US,participle,past
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