English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
VERBAL FORMS
Be careful; one ~beaten~ twice shy (nonstandard).
Be careful; once *bitten* twice shy (standard).
You say ‘once bitten, twice shy’ when you want to indicate that someone will not do something a second time because they had a bad experience the first time they did it.
I think she got ~stucked~ at a point (nonstandard).
I think she got *stuck* at a point (standard).
If you are stuck in a place, you want to get away from it, but are unable to.
GAB
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