open Pandora's box

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open Pandora's box

Fig. to uncover a lot of unsuspected problems. When I asked Jane about her problems, I didn't know I had opened Pandora's box. You should be cautious with people who are upset. You don't want to open Pandora's box.

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They agreed at the onset of this redesign effort they wouldn't open Pandora's box by suggesting the school board had much flexibility to move dollars around in the annual budget. Spicing up the governing stew by Eadie, Doug / School Administrator If you do, this will open Pandora's Box on to other unspeakable things. Letter: Your Say - Don't play God; In association with POST OFFICE by Birmingham Mail (England) This column has always argued the invasion of Iraq was fundamentally wrong and that it would open Pandora's Box but I have to say that the American President's assertion on Wednesday that the US has within its grasp "a major strategic victory" is nothing short of nonsense. Sterling work by Bertie just a delusion by The Mirror (London, England)			onwards and upwards Onwards and upwards! ooze ooze with open open a can of worms open a conversation open a Pandora's box open and shut open book open doors open eyes open eyes to open fire open for business open heart open heart to open into open kimono open mind open mouth open old wounds open on open oneself to criticism open out open Pandora's box open season open secret open some doors open the door to open the floodgates open the way for open to open to criticism open to question open up open up to open with open-and-shut case open-ended opening gambit operate operate against operate from operate on opinion opportunity Opportunity knocks but once Opportunity makes a thief oppose opposed to			Open on the print open on to open oneself to criticism Open Online Education Network open onto open onto open onto open onto open onto Open Ontology Repository open operation open operation open operation open operation Open ORB open order open order Open Order Book Open Orders open out open out open out Open outcry Open outcry Open outcry Open Outsourcing Policy Service open pack ice Open Packaging Conventions Open Packet Telephony Architecture Open Palmtop Integrated Environment open Pandora's box open panel Open Panel Discussion Open Paraesophageal Hernia Repair open parking structure Open Parlor Night Open Patent Alliance Open Path Gas Detection Open Pattern Repository Open Payment Initiative Open Payment Voucher by Vendor Open Payment Voucher Line Open PC Server Integration Open pediment Open pediment Open Peer Review Open Peer-to-Peer Network open pen feedlot open pen feedlot open pen feedlot open pen feedlot open pen feedlot Open Performance Review and Appraisal System Open Philanthropy Exchange Open Philosophies for Associative Autopoietic Digital Ecosystems open PHO Open Phone Abstraction Library Open Photography Forum Open Physical Chemistry Journal Open Physics Abstraction Layer

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