In business, it's easy to get one's fingers burnt if you trust too quickly.

When floods began to erode the levees, the governor fiddled while Rome burnt, and the town was soon underwater.

After his terrible kitchen accident, the burnt child dreads the fire and avoids cooking alone.

After nearly burning himself on the stove as a toddler, the burnt child fears the fire and avoids the kitchen entirely.

After three months of overtime and night shifts, he admitted he had burnt the candle at both ends and finally needed to take a break.

When asked why he acted rashly, he confessed, 'I burnt that bridge when one came to it.'

After a long, difficult day, getting a cold pizza is better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick.