open a Pandora's box

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to do something that causes a lot of new problems that you did not expect

Usage notes: In old Greek stories, Zeus (= the king of the gods) gave Pandora a box that he told her not to open, but she did open it and all the troubles in the world escaped from it.

(often + of ) Sadly, his reforms opened a Pandora's box of domestic problems.

See also: box, open

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Dubai: AaThe issuing of an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir is "a grave precedent" that will open a Pandora's Box in the largest African country, Arab legal experts and international law specialists say. Al Bashir's arrest move sets a grave precedent, analysts say by Gulf News (United Arab Emirates) But if we start making exceptions on the basis that someone looks responsible or respectable we could open a Pandora's box of problems. CLAIRE BANNED OVER HOOD by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) But, if she makes contact, she's scared she will open a Pandora's box if questions about the past can't be pushed aside. Haunted by the family she lost; A PROBLEM SHARED by The Mirror (London, England)			one's word is bond one's work is cut out for one one-horse town one-man show one-night stand one-shot one-track mind one-upmanship oneself oneself again onions online only have eyes for only just only way to go onto onto a good thing onward 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			OPELT OPEM open open open open open open open Open & Distance Learning Open (mathematics) Open (mathematics) open (one's) eyes open (one's) eyes open (one's) eyes open (one's) eyes open (one's) eyes Open (topology) Open (topology) Open 24/7 Open 24/7 open a book open a book open a book open a book Open A Can of Whoop-Ass open a can of worms open a conversation Open a credit open a few doors open a Pandora's box open a passage open a path Open a Position Open a Position Open a Position open a road open a route open a trade Open Aanbod Software Expertise Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Open Abdominal Drainage Open Academy for Philippine Agriculture Open access Open Access Architecture Open Access Archive Open Access College Open Access Directory Open Access Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Open access journals Open Access Lab Open Access Learning Program Open Access Leiden Open Access Managed Choice Open Access Network Open Access Plan Open Access Plus In-Network

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