Pandora's boxes
Pandora's boxes is the plural of Pandora's box.
Meaning of Pandora's box
Noun
Pandora's box (plural Pandora's boxes)
- A source of unforeseen trouble; especially, one whose effects cannot be reversed.
- There was an evil in Pandora's box
Beyond all other ones, yet it came forth
In guise so lovely, that men crowded round
And sought it as the dearest of all treasure.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Morality of Diamonds”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 16
- Synonyms:
- Pandora's jar
- There was an evil in Pandora's box
Questions about Pandora's boxes
- What is Pandora's boxes the plural of?
- Pandora's boxes is the plural of Pandora's box.
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