Pandora's box
English
Proper noun
Noun
Pandora's box (plural Pandora's boxes)
- (idiomatic) A source of unforeseen trouble.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Morality of Diamonds”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 16:
- There was an evil in Pandora's box
Beyond all other ones, yet it came forth
In guise so lovely, that men crowded round
And sought it as the dearest of all treasure.
Translations
a source of unforeseen trouble
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