Thesaurus / can of worms
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synonyms for can of worms
- Gordian knot
- Pandora's box
- complex problem
- complexity
- complication
- difficult situation
- difficulty
- dog's breakfast
- entanglement
- hard nut to crack
- headache
- hornet's nest
- hot water
- mare's nest
- mess
- predicament
- problem
- quagmire
- quandary
- snafu
- snake pit
- snarl
- trouble
- troublesome problem
- unpredictable situation
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And he was inclined to believe that it was Grandfather Mole that was to blame for the scarcity of worms in the neighborhood.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEYHe urged the growing of mulberry trees and the propagation of silk worms, as being of more value than tobacco.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.And then, probably, Jolly Robin would laugh and tell her not to mind, for there ought to be worms enough for everybody.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEYYou never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYBut what if I catch the fish by using a hired boat and a hired net, or by buying worms as bait from some one who has dug them?
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKBut Lessard's a overbearin' son-of-a-gun all round, and he's always breakin' out in a new place.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRMr. Slocum was not educated in a university, and his life has been in by-paths, and out-of-the-way places.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSThe Spanish men-of-war, which were always painted white, had their colour changed to dark grey like the American ships.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANMr. Blackbird began to be afraid that there wouldn't be worms enough left for himself.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEYLater on the commander of a German man-of-war and his staff were received and fêted by the Captain-General.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANWORDS RELATED TO CAN OF WORMS
- afflictions
- bad breaks
- bummers
- calamities
- can of worms
- catastrophes
- clutches
- contretemps
- crunches
- difficulties
- disasters
- distress
- downers
- drags
- evil eyes
- hard knocks
- hard times
- hardships
- hurtings
- ill fortunes
- jams
- jinxes
- kiss of deaths
- miseries
- misfortunes
- mishaps
- on the skids
- pain in the necks
- poisons
- reverses
- sorrows
- sufferings
- the worsts
- tough lucks
- trials
- troubles
- affliction
- bad break
- bad thing
- bummer
- calamity
- can of worms
- catastrophe
- clutch
- contretemps
- crunch
- difficulty
- disaster
- distress
- downer
- drag
- evil eye
- hard knocks
- hard times
- hardship
- hurting
- ill fortune
- jam
- jinx
- kiss of death
- misery
- misfortune
- mishap
- on the skids
- pain in the neck
- poison
- reverse
- sorrow
- suffering
- the worst
- tough luck
- trial
- trouble
- bad luck
- bummer
- calamity
- can of worms
- catastrophe
- crunch
- destitution
- difficulty
- disaster
- downer
- drag
- exigency
- hard knocks
- hard time
- holy mess
- hot water
- indigence
- jam
- misfortune
- need
- pickle
- pinch
- poverty
- privation
- rigor
- rotten luck
- scrape
- straits
- throe
- ticklish spot
- tough break
- tough luck
- trial
- trouble
- unholy mess
- vicissitude
- want
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.