Sentence examples for proverbial can from inspiring English sources

The insertion of this veto power for any one of the four Dublin local authorities was a curious move by the minister and always had the potential to open up the proverbial can of worms.

Then the proverbial can of worms opened.

Reading Descartes this way opens a new proverbial can of worms, however, for the initial distinction drawn between adventitious ideas, such as the idea of the sun, and factitious ideas, such as the idea of Pegasus, is blurred.

For example, when Facebook's co-founder and chairman Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to connect 100 million people in Africa through the now infamous Internet.org initiative, the proverbial can of worms opened.

The proverbial can has been kicked down the road for Greece and its creditors.

Whatever the problem, we kick the proverbial can down the road.

Yet having essentially gifted jailers with carte blanche authority to strip search individuals at will, the Court may find it has opened a proverbial can of worms.

Paylen (sp?) will take a proverbial can of Aqua Net to our nation's unruly hair, and apply liberal (no pun intended) amounts of blush to Lady Liberty's cheekbones.

But is it ever a good idea to snoop ― or are you opening up a proverbial can of worms with your S.O.? "It's a very delicate situation," said Stephanie Macadaan, a therapist in Los Angeles, California.

Stepping out onto the sidewalk, where, at the current record setting temperature of 90 degrees, the proverbial egg can be fried, one can see tourists begin to wilt, lobbyists and politicians sweat straight through the umpteen thousand layers they wear to work, wax figures at Madame Tussauds meld into work more closely associated with Picasso, and one can hear almost everyone complaining.

The proverbial fork can also be stuck in Georgia.