PANDORA'S BOX


Meaning of PANDORA'S BOX in English

n. a process that once activated will generate many unmanageable problems.

Etymology: in Gk Mythol. the box from which the ills of mankind were released, Hope alone remaining: f. Gk Pandora all-gifted (as PAN-, doron gift)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.