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can of worms
idiom informal
a situation that causes a lot of problems for you when you start to deal with it: 一堆麻烦事；棘手的问题；复杂而难解决的问题
open a can of worms Corruption is a serious problem, but nobody has yet been willing to open up that can of worms.腐败是很严重的问题，可是还没有人愿意触及这个难题。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
a hard/tough row to hoeidiom
abyss
adversity
at your worstidiom
Augean
bad hair day
epidemic
hardness
have a bumpy rideidiom
have someone over a barrelidiom
pall
purgatory
push factor
quagmire
quicksand
rabbit hole
scrape
strait
the Augean Stablesidiom
the hard wayidiom
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