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Opening a can of worms.
If you open a can of worms, you do something that will cause a lot of problems and is, on balance, probably going to cause more trouble than it's worth.
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But they're afraid of opening a can of worms.
I thought I was opening a can of worms.
Still another had cut a hand while opening a can of cat food.
"The police once told me going into a brothel is like opening a can of worms.
But in closing a loophole Osborne risks opening a can of worms.
I could be opening a can of worms that might make it difficult to get another job.
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Use the can opener as you normally would to open a can of soup.
So let us dive into the tin bathtub of this so-blunt-it's-like-opening-a-can-of-beans-with-a-baseball-bat artistic message, here, and consider: What is it saying?
Democratisation might open a can of worms.
It might open a can of worms.
She opened a can of Red Stripe.
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