Tropezar dos veces con la misma piedra

To make the same mistake twice

Idioms & Sayings

Notes & Usage:

Literally 'to trip over the same stone twice'. Describes repeating the same error despite having experienced the consequences before.

Volvió con el mismo novio. Tropezó dos veces con la misma piedra.

She went back to the same boyfriend. She made the same mistake twice.

No pienses tropezar dos veces con la misma piedra.

Don't think about making the same mistake twice.

—¿Por qué lo hizo de nuevo? —Tropezó dos veces con la misma piedra.

—Why did he do it again? —He made the same mistake twice.

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