can of worms
Example Sentences
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One of the theater’s more prominent sociopaths gets a makeover in “Hedda,” director Nia DaCosta’s reimagining of “Hedda Gabler,” with an approach that opens up the play—and an interpretive can of worms.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
Nudleman prefers to use his Amazon Fire Stick’s voice search feature to look for specific titles he’s interested in, but that experience is its own can of worms.
From Salon • May 22, 2025
Mistakes, yes – but honest ones, only for the emergence of the Coote video to reopen a very large can of worms, presenting a crisis for Webb and PGMOL.
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2024
That’s a can of worms for future parasite research.
From Science Magazine • May 7, 2024
It was a strange voice, deep and thick and sort of clotted, as though it had to fight its way through a can of worms before coming out.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
