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Pandora’s box

Pan·do·ra's box


noun 
Definition:
 
1. object in Greek mythology: in Greek mythology, the jar, later referred to as a box, from which Pandora allowed all the world's evils to escape

2. set of ills: the source of a great collection of ills that need not be faced unless an unwise action is taken
If you criticize her work, you'll be opening a real Pandora's box.

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