"Pandora's box" meaning in English

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Proper name

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  1. (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. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology
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Noun

Forms: Pandora's boxes [plural]
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  1. (idiomatic) A source of unforeseen trouble. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: can of worms, genie is out of the bottle, kettle of fish, open Pandora's box Translations (a source of unforeseen trouble): kutia e Pandorës (Albanian), Պանդորայի արկղ (Pandorayi arkġ) (Armenian), Պանդորայի տուփ (Pandorayi tupʻ) (Armenian), Пандора ҡумтаһы (taxonomic: Pandora qumtahı) (Bashkir), кутията на Пандора (kutijata na Pandora) (Bulgarian), capsa de Pandora (Catalan), 潘多拉魔盒 (Pānduōlā móhé) (Chinese Mandarin), 災難之源 (Chinese Mandarin), 灾难之源 (zāinàn zhī yuán) (Chinese Mandarin), Pandořina skříňka [feminine] (Czech), Pandoras æske [common-gender] (Danish), doos van Pandora [feminine] (Dutch), skatolo de Pandora (Esperanto), eskjan hjá Pandoru [feminine] (Faroese), Pandoran lipas (Finnish), boîte de Pandore [feminine] (French), პანდორას ყუთი (ṗandoras q̇uti) (Georgian), Pandorabüchse [feminine] (German), Büchse der Pandora [feminine] (German), κουτί της Πανδώρας (koutí tis Pandóras) [neuter] (Greek), תיבת פנדורה [feminine] (Hebrew), पैन्डोरा का बॉक्स (painḍorā kā bŏks) (Hindi), Pandóra szelencéje (Hungarian), kotak Pandora (Indonesian), vaso di Pandora [masculine] (Italian), パンドラの箱 (alt: パンドラのはこ, Pandora no hako) (Japanese), パンドーラーの箱 (Pandōrā no hako) (alt: パンドーラーのはこ) (Japanese), 玉手箱 (tamatebako) (alt: たまてばこ) (Japanese), Пандора қалбыры (taxonomic: Pandora qalbyry) (Kazakh), 판도라의 상자 (pandoraui sangja) (Korean), 판도라의 함 (pandoraui ham) (Korean), 판도라의 항아리 (pandoraui hang'ari) (Korean), Pandoras lāde [feminine] (Latvian), Пандорина кутија (taxonomic: Pandorina kutija) (Macedonian), pandoraeske (Norwegian), boita de Pandora (Occitan), puszka Pandory (Polish), caixa de Pandora [feminine] (Portuguese), ਪੰਡੋਰਾ ਦਾ ਡੱਬਾ (paṇḍorā dā ḍabbā) (Punjabi), cutia Pandorei (Romanian), я́щик Пандо́ры (jáščik Pandóry) [masculine] (Russian), caja de Pandora [feminine] (Spanish), Pandoras ask [common-gender] (Swedish), pandorasask [common-gender] (Swedish), பண்டோராவின் பெட்டி (paṇṭōrāviṉ peṭṭi) (Tamil), Pandora'nın kutusu (Turkish), скринька Пандори (skrynʹka Pandory) (Ukrainian), Pandora qutisi (Uzbek), chiếc hộp Pandora (Vietnamese)
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      "word": "ਪੰਡੋਰਾ ਦਾ ਡੱਬਾ"
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      "sense": "a source of unforeseen trouble",
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      "sense": "a source of unforeseen trouble",
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      "sense": "a source of unforeseen trouble",
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