Two more French phrases:
C’est bonnet blanc et blanc bonnet :
Literally: It’s hat white and white hat:
It’s six of one and half a dozen of the other.
Chat échaudé craint l’eau froid:
Literally: A scalded cat fears cold water:
Once bitten, twice shy.
Taken from: ‘Don’t toss Granny in the Begonias: Faut pas pousser Mémé dans les Bégonias. By Marie-Hélène Claudel-Gilly and Primrose Arnander.