Pandora

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.

2003Times of Zambia Though the case was withdrawn, the revelations that the butler had made in court have opened another pandoras box of marital scandals involving the prince and princess.