CAN OF WORMS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A source of unpredictable trouble and complexity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("can of worms" is a kind of...):

problem; trouble (a source of difficulty)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

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