Pandora
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- proper noun
- /pænˈdɔrə/
- Literature
- In so doing, he inadvertently opened a Pandora's Box of extra-hierarchical power and insubordination.
- Pandora's box
- open Pandora's box
- myth of Pandora
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Watch on YouTubeWhat I would say to people is Pandora's box is closed right now.
- What I would say to people is Pandora's box is closed right now.
- It opened up Pandora's box when I came home.
- So we're opening up a Pandora's box.
- And if you look to the Iraq, there you find the box of Pandora, which is filled with weapons.
- But let's say that we did, we saved lives then, but what is that Pandora's box that we've opened?
- You know, once Pandora is out-of-the-box, it's out and we'll never go back in.
- But nevertheless, there was a feeling, rightly I think in Mergentaler, that this was like opening Pandora's box.
- And I think part of me is scared as well that when I reopen that Pandora's box at the moment, it's, I know it's not done, but it is closed.
- I mean, it just, it's like this Pandora's box that you don't know the outcome and how what might have changed and what didn't change.
- This entire situation opens up a Pandora's box of speculation, but I'm just not sure anyone counted on this drama spreading like wildfire.
- So this is there's another Pandora's box because it comes down to context.
- Trump sort of lifted the lifted Pandora's box and all these things came slimming out.
- Yeah, the I feel like Speedo open Pandora's Box with and then all the other suits came with.
Examples
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Greek Chorus: When Pandora turned that key, she set all kinds of horrors free.
Fiction book (2001) -
I've opened Pandora's box and there's trouble inside.
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We need only remember the legend of Pandora to recognize that some boxes, once opened, cannot be closed again.
Academic text (1998) -
Some Communist Party leaders warned that free elections would open a Pandora's box.
Academic text (2001) -
But we opened Pandora's Box and there's no closing it now.
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You've opened Pandora's box.
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In Greek mythology, Pandora was created by Hephaestus and given a box that contained all the world's evils.
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The legend of Pandora teaches us about the consequences of curiosity.
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According to the myth, Pandora opened a box that unleashed chaos upon humanity.
Compounds
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A tiny marine animal that lives on the mouthparts of lobsters and has a complex life cycle
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pandora comes from Greek parts pan- meaning 'all' and -dora meaning 'gift', so her name means 'all-gifted'. In the myth she was given many gifts and opened a box that let out bad things, which is why 'Pandora' or 'Pandora's box' now stands for something that causes many problems.