cautionary tale

Noun

 * 1) A story, originally told in folklore, to warn its audience of a certain danger.

Hypernyms

 * story, tale

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 警世故事
 * Finnish: opettavainen kertomus
 * French:, , ,
 * German:, Schauermärchen, abschreckendes Beispiel, Vorsichtsgeschichte, belehrende Erzählung
 * Italian: storiella ammonitrice
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: cuento moralizante
 * Swedish: sedelärande historia