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a source of misfortune or disaster: Pandora' box.In Greek mythology the gods used a beautiful woman, Pandora, to punish mankind for Prometheus's theft of fire. They sent her to earth with a box full of all the evils that could befall mankind, certain that she would give in to her curiosity and open the box, thus releasing those evils into the world.
Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь. — М.: ACT-ПРЕСС КНИГА. С.И. Лубенская. 2004.