caution to snakes

English

Noun

caution to snakes (plural cautions to snakes)

1. (slang, archaic) Something bizarre or astonishing.
   • 1878, Fun, volumes 27-28, page 11:

     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.