I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
open...can of worms
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I just don’t know what to do – every solution I can think of would just open up a whole new can of worms .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
adult
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The adult worm is about 1 millimetre long and consists of only about 1000 body cells and thousands of germ cells.
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However, when necessary, treatment with any of the benzimidazoles, levamisole or ivermectin will remove adult worms and developing stages.
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The adult worms are easily removed by anthelmintic treatment.
small
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A small worm of self-disgust reared its blind head within his belly.
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The underside was brown. Small white worms lived in it.
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Right: Young Swordtails greedily eating small white worm .
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Sparks and minor eruptions scurried through like small red worms .
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They are pinkish grey, and the small worms may be seen partly protruding from their surfaces.
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In small numbers the worms will probably cause no harm to your fish.
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Finally there are the benthic foragers which comb the sea bed for small worms , crustaceans and other invertebrates.
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Microworm, sifted very small white worm or grindal worm make an invaluable first food for very small fry.
white
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I find that few fishkeepers use white worm nowadays and I feel that is a pity.
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Small white worms lived in it.
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Right: Young Swordtails greedily eating small white worm .
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I trust this will encourage others to use white worm which I think are very nutritious and easy and cheap feeding.
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This range of white worm size makes it unnecessary to culture either microworm or grindal worm.
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Flanked by the great guitars of the ears, his hair lay thin over the orange-peel scalp, in white worms .
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In five years of feeding white worm I have not lost fry to any white worm related causes.
■ VERB
open
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The prosecution could open a can of worms , since Mr Shalabai who has denied any wrongdoing had connections at every level.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
can of worms
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Census questions about race are a pretty big can of worms.
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The government opened up a can of worms when it decided to reorganize the education system.
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Although cans of worms keep arising.
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But you can't have missed this can of worms, even from a foot deep of sand.
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It is not just a can of worms that the professor has been a digging.
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Our naive arrangements, it seemed, had opened a social can of worms.
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Premature ejaculation is another can of worms entirely.
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The Government can expect sustained flak on the wider constitutional issue now that this can of worms has been opened up.
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The prosecution could open a can of worms, since Mr Shalabai who has denied any wrongdoing had connections at every level.
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This term is a can of worms: whole books have been written about what rationality is.
the early bird catches the worm
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Always replace the cover when you are not actually looking at the worms.
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Green and red wiggling worms danced in his sight like fireworks.
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That means worms can spread much faster than viruses.
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The apple, once likely to keep the doctor away, now invites the surgeons because of pesticides or worms.
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These worms grow to an average length of about 1 metre and a diameter of 2 centimetres.
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This is one of the best times for catching worms.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
way
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Dragging her mind back to the matter in hand, and mumbling apologies, she wormed her way to the reception desk.
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I thought as I managed to worm my way over to a live mike.
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Archie ignored the bell and continued talking but everyone stopped listening and started worming their way free of the hard plastic chairs.
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He managed to worm his way up to a point where his nose just touched the horizontal rope.
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I'd tried to safeguard myself by worming my way into her heart and confidences.
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This fabric seems infinite, and its threads worm their way into the natural core that Claire and Jay have formed.
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Moving on, crab-wise, I finally wormed my way out.
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Or perhaps you've an idea that you might worm your way into my affections, is that it?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Archie ignored the bell and continued talking but everyone stopped listening and started worming their way free of the hard plastic chairs.
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Dragging her mind back to the matter in hand, and mumbling apologies, she wormed her way to the reception desk.
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He wormed himself in, we hiss.
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He managed to worm his way up to a point where his nose just touched the horizontal rope.
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I thought as I managed to worm my way over to a live mike.
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Jess wormed through the crush, at last emerging into daylight.
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They made it their business to worm a curl of something out of you.