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cautionary tale
[ kaw-shuh-ner-ee teyl ]
noun
- a story, experience, or situation that serves as a warning to others:
The malware's devastating effect on her files became a cautionary tale about the importance of antivirus software.
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Origin of cautionary tale1
Example Sentences
“The Friend” is a decent film, but it’s even more effective as a cautionary tale for new dog owners.
And while “The Friend” is a decent film — a heartwarming but narratively slight story of the similar ways humans and dogs grieve — it’s even more effective as a cautionary tale for new dog owners.
“But it's a cautionary tale to stay Snow White.”
But it’s been quite a bit more fun to lose that much, purely on paper, than to be a WallStreetBets cautionary tale drowning in a sea of doomed options trades or a Tesla investor losing 30 percent and wondering if your prized stock will go into the tank forever because of Elon Musk.
Asked whether Perry’s flop 2024 album “143” served as a kind of object lesson — a cautionary tale, perhaps, regarding the challenges in moving between TV and music — Underwood said, “I don’t really think about it.”
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