| From: | John Fisher <john@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 6, 1999, 0:32 |
In message <36926E45.5BDF8CE2@...>, John Cowan <cowan@...> writes>Christophe Grandsire wrote: > >> "Chat =E9chaud=E9 craint l'eau froide"! > >"The burnt child avoids the fire."That's what I thought to start with, but of course Christophe's proverb means "The scalded cat fears cold water," which is a bit more subtle. --=20 John Fisher john@drummond.demon.co.uk johnf@epcc.ed.ac.uk