can of worms

Example Sentences

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She wrote that the majority’s ruling “opens a dangerous can of worms” that “threatens to impair states’ ability to regulate the provision of medical care in any respect.”

From Salon

I pressed my mouth into a line, wondering if I’d opened a can of worms.

From Literature

Creech, however, reports the money on the return as displayed on the tax form: “Otherwise, we risk opening a whole can of worms.”

From MarketWatch

A can of worms—its opening both entices and repels.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It opens up a whole new can of worms.”

From The Wall Street Journal