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open Pandora's box

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open (a) Pandora's box
to start something that causes many new and unexpected problems. They worry that any decision they make about testing will open a Pandora's box. What kind of Pandora's box do we open if we decide not arrest people who have committed a crime?
Etymology: based on an old Greek story in which a woman named Pandora opened a box containing all the troubles the world has experienced
See also: box, open


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