can of worms
一桶不可控制的麻煩或問題
口語·表示棘手或麻煩問題
英文釋義
a complicated, difficult, or contentious situation or problem that is more troublesome than it appears initially
例句
Bringing up that old argument opened a whole can of worms that we weren't ready to deal with.
典故來源
源自釣魚場景,打開一罐蚯蚓會(huì)導(dǎo)致蚯蚓四處亂爬,比喻處理一個(gè)問題會(huì)引發(fā)更多復(fù)雜麻煩。