can of worms
祸根,祸害,隐患,祸害无穷
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- : Informal. a source of many unpredictable or unexpected problems: Buying a company we know nothing about would be opening up a whole new can of worms.
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The Dallas Cowboys sell out their state-of-the art football stadium.
We happily hoist our egg nog in the air, embrace each other, and raise our out-of-tune voices in song.
DISH delivers a one-of-a-kind entertainment experience to every room of your home, wirelessly.
The company recently partnered with Oakley to create a one-of-a-kind single malt Scotch flask.
A much larger number are immediately separated from their infants, who are typically placed in some form of out-of-home care.
And he was inclined to believe that it was Grandfather Mole that was to blame for the scarcity of worms in the neighborhood.
He urged the growing of mulberry trees and the propagation of silk worms, as being of more value than tobacco.
And then, probably, Jolly Robin would laugh and tell her not to mind, for there ought to be worms enough for everybody.
You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
But what if I catch the fish by using a hired boat and a hired net, or by buying worms as bait from some one who has dug them?