caution to snakes

noun

Something bizarre or astonishing.

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nouncaution to snakes (plural cautions to snakes)

plural cautions to snakes

  1. archaicslangSomething bizarre or astonishing.

    I am crammed full of faults, I'm a mass of mistakes / So stupid, in fact, that you'd deem me half-witted; / But though in my way I'm a "caution to snakes," / I think I'm a party who ought to be pitied.

    1878, Fun, volumes 27-28, page 11
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