word to the wise, a

1. Here's good advice, as in A word to the wise: don't walk alone here because these streets are not safe at night. A shortening of A word to the wise is enough, as it was put by Roman writers, this phrase in English dates from the mid-1500s.

Example Sentences

Strange to say, his later comedies, A Word to the Wise, A School for Wives, and The Man of Reason, were practically failures, and the same is true of his tragedy, Clementina.

From Project Gutenberg

"It 's only a word to the wise, a notification that you are expected not to run your course without having done something handsome for your fellow-men."

From Project Gutenberg