Meaning of open Pandora's box | Babel Free

Definitions

To perform an action that causes problems to appear which did not exist beforehand, or were not known about prior.

idiomatic

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“It’s a thin line between charming, candy-flavored verisimilitude and craven commercialism, and if Spielberg ultimately stayed on the right side of it, “E.T.” nevertheless helped open a Pandora’s box of product placement.”

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