英语词汇“a can of worms”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. In colloquial phrase (to open) a can of worms, (to address) a complex and largely unexamined problem or state of affairs the investigation of which is likely to cause much trouble or scandal.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > source of

abusement1535

Pandora's tub1612

Pandora's box1648

(to open) a can of worms1962

1962 Times 21 Feb. 12/4 He..knew that he had opened the bidding on what is sometimes called ‘a can of worms’.

1969 N. Dakota Law Rev. XLV. 215 Counsel can..better comprehend..the domestic can-of-worms that appears in so many delinquency and neglect cases.

1973 Times 22 May 16/5 Mr Berger has opened, in the old American phrase, a fine can of worms. He is suggesting that an impeached President, should he be found guilty, could appeal to the Supreme Court.

1976 L. Bernstein Unanswered Question vi. 418 There are so many of those ‘underlying strings’..waiting to be tied up; so many cans of worms have been opened, and a lot of those slippery little beasts are still wriggling around.

1984 A. Price Sion Crossing vii. 137 Oliver isn't up to this sort of thing. And this is my can of worms.

单词	a can of worms
释义	> as lemmas (to open) a can of worms c. In colloquial phrase (to open) a can of worms, (to address) a complex and largely unexamined problem or state of affairs the investigation of which is likely to cause much trouble or scandal. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > source of abusement1535 Pandora's tub1612 Pandora's box1648 (to open) a can of worms1962 1962 Times 21 Feb. 12/4 He..knew that he had opened the bidding on what is sometimes called ‘a can of worms’. 1969 N. Dakota Law Rev. XLV. 215 Counsel can..better comprehend..the domestic can-of-worms that appears in so many delinquency and neglect cases. 1973 Times 22 May 16/5 Mr Berger has opened, in the old American phrase, a fine can of worms. He is suggesting that an impeached President, should he be found guilty, could appeal to the Supreme Court. 1976 L. Bernstein Unanswered Question vi. 418 There are so many of those ‘underlying strings’..waiting to be tied up; so many cans of worms have been opened, and a lot of those slippery little beasts are still wriggling around. 1984 A. Price Sion Crossing vii. 137 Oliver isn't up to this sort of thing. And this is my can of worms. extracted from wormn. < as lemmas
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