Idiom
moral of the story
Meaning
The key lesson or message that an incident, situation or other happening conveys; a general takeaway point.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The moral of the story is to always be kind.”
“After losing all his money on a bad investment, he realized the moral of the story was to research before acting.”
“Reflecting on the tragic collapse of the empire, the historian concluded that the moral of the story was that unchecked power inevitably leads to ruin.”
Examples
simple
“The moral of the story is to always be kind.”
contextual
“After losing all his money on a bad investment, he realized the moral of the story was to research before acting.”
complex
“Reflecting on the tragic collapse of the empire, the historian concluded that the moral of the story was that unchecked power inevitably leads to ruin.”
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