Pandora's box
- a complex situation fraught with problems and pitfalls
- something causing or leading to such a situation
See Pandora's box in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(păn-dôrˈəz, -dōrˈ-)
noun A source of many unforeseen troubles: “Reform is a Pandora's box; opening up the system can lead to a loss of economic and political control” (Russell Watson).
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