Pandoras box

[Pandora's box] {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./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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