单词	Pandora's box
释义	Pandora's boxPan‧do‧ra’s box /pænˌdɔːrəz ˈbɒks $ -ˈbɑːks/ noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINPandora's box Origin: 1500-1600 Pandora woman in an ancient Greek story who opened a box and let all evils out into the world Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And the box, stolen, is a Pandora's box of thieved memories. I've opened Pandora's box. It is, he stresses, neither a panacea nor a Pandora's box. Its role in history is merely as the broken lock on Pandora's box. Now the only thing that is left in Pandora's box is hope.. Once you open that little Pandora's box it's hard to stop. The lid of Pandora's box could be wrenched off or tightly sat upon. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► open a Pandora’s box I've opened Pandora's box. The internet has opened a Pandora's box of threats: its demons have been loosed on us all. open a Pandora’s box to do or start something that will cause a lot of other problems:  The report could open up a Pandora’s box of claims from similar cases.
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