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 Definitions of pandora's box  [ænˈdɔr ə, -ˈdoʊr ə]  

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Definition of 'pandora's box' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) Pandora's box
a source of extensive but unforeseen troubles or problems.

Etymology:  (1570–80)

Definition of 'pandora's box' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) Pandora's box
(Greek mythology) a box that Zeus gave to Pandora with instructions that she not open it; she gave in to her curiosity and opened it; all the miseries and evils flew out to afflict mankind

'pandora's box' - Nearby Entries  

pandion  pandionidae  pandora  pandora's box  pandowdy  pandurate  pandurate leaf  



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