Cautionary tale
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A story, originally told in folklore, to warn its audience of a certain danger. idiomatic
"This tone has slowly given way to a realization that the country’s experience might be less a curiosity than a cautionary tale."
Example
More examples"This tone has slowly given way to a realization that the country’s experience might be less a curiosity than a cautionary tale."