Pandora's box
noun[S]
uk/pænˌdɔː.rəz ˈbɒks/us/pænˌdɔːr.əz ˈbɑːks/something thatcreatesa lot of newproblemsthat you did notexpect:
潘多拉魔盒(指邪恶之源)Sadly, hisreformsopenedupa Pandora'sboxofdomesticproblems.可悲的是,他的改革开启了潘多拉魔盒,引发了一系列的国内问题。
Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
- a hard/tough row to hoeidiom
- a rough rideidiom
- abyss
- adversity
- atyourworstidiom
- Augean
- bad hair day
- emergence
- epidemic
- genie
- half nelson
- hardness
- have a bumpy rideidiom
- rabbit hole
- reversal
- rigour
- rollercoaster
- the Augean Stablesidiom
- the hard wayidiom
- vortex