Usually means: Source of unforeseen extensive troubles.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. Pandora's box: Merriam-Webster
  2. Pandora's box: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Pandora's box: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Pandora's box, Pandora's box: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Pandora's box: Vocabulary.com
  6. Pandora's box: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. Pandora's box: Wiktionary
  8. Pandora's box: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Pandora's box, pandoras box: Dictionary.com
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  11. Pandora's box: Rhymezone
  12. Pandora's box: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  13. pandoras box: FreeDictionary.org
  14. pandora's box: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Pandora's box, Pandoras box: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. Pandoras Box: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pandora's Box (mythology), Pandora's box, Pandoras box: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Pandora's box: A Word A Day
  3. pandora's box: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pandora's box: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Pandora's box)

▸ noun:  (Greek mythology) A box given to Pandora by Zeus, whose instructions stated that it must not be opened, and were then ignored, leading to disastrous consequences.
▸ noun:  (idiomatic) A source of unforeseen trouble.

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