a Pandora's box

Pandora's box

Something that, when interfered or engaged with, leads to many problems. A reference to the story from Greek mythology in which Pandora opens a box containing all the possible things that can affect humanity negatively. It seems like we've opened Pandora's box with this topic today. We've been getting hundreds of messages from listeners from around the country who have been affected by it. Trying to fix the bug opened a Pandora's box of other issues with the computer.

a Pandora's box

a process that once begun generates many complicated problems.

In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first mortal woman. One story recounts that she was created by Zeus and sent to earth with a box or jar of evils in revenge for the fact that Prometheus had disobediently given the gift of fire to the earth. She let all the evils out of the container to infect the earth; only hope remained to ease the lot of humankind. In another account, the box contained all the blessings of the gods which, with the exception of hope, escaped and were lost when the box was opened.

1997 Spectator Drummond's series…has opened a Pandora's box of complaints… about the tide of mediocrity engulfing the art.

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释义	a Pandora's box Pandora's box Something that, when interfered or engaged with, leads to many problems. A reference to the story from Greek mythology in which Pandora opens a box containing all the possible things that can affect humanity negatively. It seems like we've opened Pandora's box with this topic today. We've been getting hundreds of messages from listeners from around the country who have been affected by it. Trying to fix the bug opened a Pandora's box of other issues with the computer. See also: box Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. a Pandora's box a process that once begun generates many complicated problems. In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first mortal woman. One story recounts that she was created by Zeus and sent to earth with a box or jar of evils in revenge for the fact that Prometheus had disobediently given the gift of fire to the earth. She let all the evils out of the container to infect the earth; only hope remained to ease the lot of humankind. In another account, the box contained all the blessings of the gods which, with the exception of hope, escaped and were lost when the box was opened. 1997 Spectator Drummond's series…has opened a Pandora's box of complaints… about the tide of mediocrity engulfing the art. See also: box Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: Pandora's box open (a) Pandora's box open a Pandora's box open Pandora's box Pandora sow dragon's teeth Procrustean solution cleanse the Augean stables of (something) cleanse stable References in periodicals archive ISLAMABAD -- A leading Chinese newspaper, China Daily says India has opened a Pandora's box by revoking the special status of occupied Kashmir and splitting it into two union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. India opened Pandora's box by revoking special status of occupied Kashmir: China Daily "We call on all sides to remain rational and exercise restraint, and not take any escalatory actions that irritate regional tensions, and not open a Pandora's box," Wang said. Don't open 'Pandora's Box' in Middle East, China warns "It has opened up a Pandora's box of grave uncertainties. Opened up Pandora's box: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw on Brexit Record labels open a Pandora's Box of copyright suits DOJ to review 'competitive concerns' with music-fee licensing system A PROFESSIONAL shoplifting gang opened a Pandora's box of trouble when they snatched expensive jewels from a Middlesbrough store. PS20k RAIDERS JAILED; Trio robbed three jewellery stores in a day A FORMER Merseyside MP warned introducing a new parliamentary bill to regulate newspapers would "open a Pandora's box" which could stifle freedom of speech. Ex-MP issues warning over press regulation Pandora is aptly named because of this function, in that it provides a Pandora's Box of content. Pandora For now, Unger says, asking a doctor for a CT scan as a test for lung cancer is like "opening a Pandora's box." Lung scan: CT may catch some treatable cancers Feinberg, a longtime transgender activist, opens a Pandora's box of issues in Drag King Dreams--racism, Zionism, homophobia, transphobia, police violence, capitalist oppression, even the survival of Yiddish as a poetic language. Wake-up time 11 was like a Pandora's box from which many negative and evil events have emerged. Past winners: environmentalists TALES FOR A STORMY NIGHT: A PANDORA'S BOX OF CLASSIC CHILLERS. Tales for a Stormy Night: a Pandora's Box of Classic Chillers President Bush has opened a Pandora's Box of endless troubles. Pandora's Box Picture, SIMON HADLEY The Bishop of Lichfield will today announce his retirement after 18 years with a warning to Tony Blair that a potential war in Iraq will 'open a Pandora's box' in the Middle East. Bishop of Lichfield to retire A Pandora's box may have been opened recently when Napster founder Shawn Fanning called on "free" music fans to descend on our nation's capital and catch the attention of legislators holding hearings on online copyright issues. Fanning the Flames Even the book's front-cover image - an illustration of Paul Thek's more or less self-explanatory Meat Piece with Warhol Brillo Box, 1965 - conjures a Pandora's box of semiotic possibilities and critical metaphors, ranging from Baudelairean estheticism, to the hollowness/rottenness of Pop art and/or pop culture, to recent precedents for Damien Hirst's decomposing, post-Stubbsian cow heads. What the Butler Saw: Selected Writings
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