Pandora's box

NOUN
  1. (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
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How To Use Pandora's box In A Sentence

  • If you don't fear me, why did you steal her Pandora's Box. You just wanna escape.
  • Pandora's Box is an artifact in Greek mythology.
  • The story begins legitimately upon activating Pandora's Box; Decard's palm is locked in place and stabbed clean through, imprinting the 'signet' on it, allowing you to absorb Animus Energy. IGN Xbox 360
  • The report could open up a Pandora's box of claims from similar cases.
  • No, because you are opening friggin 'pandora's box. Chicago Indymedia
  • Why did beat Fair and stole her Pandora's Box. You just wanna escape.
  • Sadly, his reforms opened up a Pandora's box of domestic problems.
  • i just watched rollerball - not what i expected. i've gone though all the herzog blockbuster offers. have you ever seen 'pandora's box' (pabst, i think)? incredible. WFMU's recent playlists
  • I sometimes think she is a sort of living phenomenon intended to represent all the passions -- a genuine Pandora's box -- a piece of patchwork made up of the odds and ends of all animals in creation -- a sort of menagerie in herself, where the dove and the kite, the serpent and the sparrow, the gilded butterfly and the unsightly bat, the gluttonous sloth and the air-feeding chamelion, are all exhibited. Alamance; Or, the Great and Final Experiment viii, 9-151, [1] p.
  • To unscrew the casing is to throw open such a Pandora's Box of nuts and springs, axles, ratchets and governors as to confound all attempts to recapture them.
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