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serious crayons:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on July 27, 2016, 10:24:51 am ---Interesting. I had not heard "Once Burned" until BBM. However, I was very familiar with the expression "once bitten, twice shy."
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It's interesting, because when you think about it "once burned" and "once bitten" have two different meanings. One implies something like a hot stove -- once burned, you would wisely avoid touching it again. The other suggests an animal, like a dog -- once bitten, you might be afraid of dogs. But unlike the stove, that would be the wrong lesson, since some dogs are nice.
In any case, I don't think "once bitten" would have worked well in a BBM context.
I'm trying to remember -- is that a line Ennis says to Cassie when she asks about why he doesn't get married? Or to Alma?
I guess after 10 fucking years I don't have it as memorized as I once did.
Front-Ranger:
I had to look it up myself. In both the book and the movie, Ennis says, "Once burned" to Alma at Thanksgiving when she says the girls are worried about him and why doesn't he get married again.
southendmd:
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: southendmd on July 29, 2016, 05:36:38 pm ---
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A 23-year-old Jim Carrey!
Front-Ranger:
haha!
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