cautionary tale

== English == === Noun === cautionary tale (plural cautionary tales) (idiomatic) A story, originally told in folklore, to warn its audience of a certain danger. ==== Hypernyms ==== story, tale ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “cautionary tale”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. “cautionary tale” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary. cautionary tale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia