(IT) JUST GOES TO SHOW (YOU) (SOMETHING).

(It) just goes to show (you) (something).: translation

(It) just goes to show (you) (something).

That incident or story has an important moral or message. •

Tom: The tax people finally caught up with Henry. Sally: See! It just goes to show.

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Angry at the young grocery clerk, Sally muttered, “Young people. They expect too much. It just goes to show you how society has broken down.”