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can of worms

n. pl. cans of worms Informal

A source of unforeseen and troublesome complexity.

can of worms - Based on an image of a container of maggots for use as fish bait.

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can of worms - a source of unpredictable trouble and complexity

trouble, problem - a source of difficulty; "one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what's the problem?"

colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

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