He got his fingers burnt so badly in the last elections that he decided to withdraw from politics.
English Idioms & idiomatic expressions. 2014.
get your fingers burnt — burn your fingers or get your fingers burnt informal to have a bad experience when something such as a relationship or a business deal goes wrong They got their fingers burnt and lost a lot of money … English dictionary
get your fingers burnt — burn your ˈfingers | get your ˈfingers burnt idiom to suffer as a result of doing sth without realizing the possible bad results, especially in business • He got his fingers badly burnt dabbling in the stock market. Main entry: ↑burnidiom … Useful english dictionary
burn your fingers — get your fingers burnt informal phrase to have a bad experience when something such as a relationship or a business deal goes wrong They got their fingers burnt and lost a lot of money. Thesaurus: to make a mistake, or to do something… … Useful english dictionary
burn your fingers — If you burn your fingers (or get your fingers burnt), you suffer financially as a result of foolish behaviour. Jack got his fingers burnt playing on the stock market … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
burn your fingers — or get your fingers burnt informal to have a bad experience when something such as a relationship or a business deal goes wrong They got their fingers burnt and lost a lot of money … English dictionary
burn — [bɜːn ǁ bɜːrn] verb burned PTandPP or burnt [bɜːnt ǁ bɜːrnt] [transitive] 1. COMPUTING to copy information held on a computer s … Financial and business terms
finger — fin|ger1 W2S2 [ˈfıŋgə US ər] n ↑finger, ↑fingernail, ↑thumb ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(part of your hand)¦ 2 cross your fingers 3 not lift/raise a finger 4 put your finger on something 5 not lay a finger on somebody 6 have/keep your finger on the pulse (of… … Dictionary of contemporary English
burn — burn1 W3S2 [bə:n US bə:rn] v past tense and past participle burnt [bə:nt US bə:rnt] or burned ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(produce flames and heat)¦ 2¦(destroy something with fire)¦ 3¦(injure/kill somebody with fire)¦ 4¦(sun)¦ 5¦(food)¦ 6¦(chemicals)¦ 7¦(fuel)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
burn — 1 verb past and past participle burnt or burned FIRE 1 PRODUCE HEAT (I) to produce heat and flames: Is the fire still burning? 2 DESTROY WITH FIRE (I, T) to be destroyed by fire or destroy something with fire: burn sth: I burnt all his old… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
burn — [[t]bɜ͟ː(r)n[/t]] ♦♦ burns, burning, burned, burnt (The past tense and past participle is burned in American English, and burned or burnt in British English.) 1) VERB If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame… … English dictionary
