| 释义 |
a can of worms a complicated matter likely to prove awkward or embarrassing 复杂难解决的事; 棘手的事： to question the traditional model of education opens up too big a can of worms. 质疑传统教育模式会引起一场轩然大波。 a can of ˈworms(informal)if you open upa can of worms,you start doing sth that will cause a lot of problems and be very difficult棘手的问题；难题；麻烦事 |