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Pandora's box
(redirected from Pandora's boxes)

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Pan·do·ra's box  (pn-dôrz, -dr-)
n.
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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Noun1.Pandora's boxPandora's box - (Greek mythology) a box that Zeus gave to Pandora with instructions that she not open it; she gave in to her curiosity and opened it; all the miseries and evils flew out to afflict mankind
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
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Pandora's box [pænˌdɔːrəzˈbɒks] n → il vaso di Pandora
Pandora's box [pænˌdɔːrəzˈbɒks] n → il vaso di Pandora


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