Meaning of can of worms in English

can of worms

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a situation that causes a lot of problems for you when you start to deal with it:
Corruption is a serious problem, but nobody has yet been willing to open up that can of worms.
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(Definition of can of worms from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of can of worms

in Chinese (Traditional)
一堆麻煩事, 棘手的問題, 複雜而難解決的問題…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
一堆麻烦事, 棘手的问题, 复杂而难解决的问题…
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