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Open a can of worms If a situation is described as being a can of worms, it is much  more complicated than it seems. If someone says, “that would be opening a can of worms,” they mean that doing something would lead to all sorts of complicated problems, and that it would be better to leave things as they are. “I wanted to find out why the video wouldn’t work on the usual setting, but Dad said to leave the TV as it was. He said it would be opening a can of worms if we started changing the channels.”

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What do you mean? Example

Metaphor	Open a can of worms
Question Meaning	What do you mean?
Meaning	If a situation is described as being a can of worms, it is much more complicated than it seems. If someone says, “that would be opening a can of worms,” they mean that doing something would lead to all sorts of complicated problems, and that it would be better to leave things as they are.
Question Example	Example
Example	“I wanted to find out why the video wouldn’t work on the usual setting, but Dad said to leave the TV as it was. He said it would be opening a can of worms if we started changing the channels.”

Worms Complicated Opening Leave Open Situation Lead Sorts