Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - pandora's box
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Pandora's box
pandora's box
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n. a process that once activated will generate many unmanageable problems. Etymology: in Gk Mythol. the box from which the ills of mankind were released, Hope alone remaining: f. Gk Pandora all-gifted (as PAN-, doron gift) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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{n. phr.}, {literary} A thing or problem that, if activated, will give rise to many unmanageable problems. * /If they insist on having that inquiry, they will open up a Pandora's box./ Compare: CAN OF WORMS. ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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