get fingers burned

get one's fingers burned

Fig. to receive harm or punishment for one's actions. (Normally fig.) I had my fingers burned the last time I questioned the company policy. I tried that once before and got my fingers burned. I won't try it again.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tomiko	to-mee-ko	Japanese
Borislav	bah-ree-SLAHF (Russian)	Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Russian, Medieval Slavic
Chikako	chee-kah-ko	Japanese
Mayur	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Durai	-	Tamil
Tasha	TASH-ə (English)	Russian, English