can of worms
Example Sentences
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Because no matter how successful these ventures look from the outside, the truth is you take the lid off the can and inside it’s a can of worms.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
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
That’s a can of worms for future parasite research.
From Science Magazine • May 7, 2024
"They may yet change it but I wouldn't expect that as that would open a can of worms and they have very much seen what happens from overseas examples with other royal families."
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2024
I pressed my mouth into a line, wondering if I’d opened a can of worms.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
