cautionary tale

At the beginning of the series, setting the table for what’s to come, Marian declares, “This is not a story in the conventional sense”; it’s “a cautionary tale,” but “not a tale of murder. This is a story of rebirth,” presumably hers.

This holiday season, as families gather for Thanksgiving and winter celebrations, I’m hoping to serve as your cautionary tale with this excerpt from my new book, “My Mother’s Money: A Guide to Financial Caregiving,” so that you can be better prepared to handle your loved ones’ worldly affairs as you continue to make meaningful memories with them.

This is indeed a cautionary tale: Always request and keep a formal summary plan description and certificate of coverage of all retirement plans and life-insurance policies, together with the last benefits confirmation statement.

In India's febrile and deeply divided political marketplace, his debut, many believe, stands as a cautionary tale: breaking into the system is far harder than diagnosing its flaws from the outside.

The cautionary tale of the dot-com bubble has also led companies to prioritize organic growth over a reliance on credit-driven strategies.