open a pandora's box

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open a Pandora's box
to do or start something that will cause a lot of other problems

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English

open a Pandora's box
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
to do something that causes a lot of new problems that you did not expect.
Sadly, his reforms opened a Pandora's box of domestic problems.
(often + of)

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary


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