(Greek mythology) The first woman on earth, who had been given a box by the gods and instructed not to open it, but who disobeyed the instructions out of curiosity, releasing all manner of evils into the world.

plural of pandora

Any fish of the genus Pagellus.

plural of Pandora's box

(idiomatic) A source of unforeseen trouble.

(Greek mythology) A box given to Pandora by Zeus, whose instructions stated that it must not be opened, and were then ignored, leading to disastrous consequences.

(idiomatic) To perform an action that causes problems to appear which did not exist beforehand, or were not known about prior.

present participle of open Pandora's box

simple past tense and past participle of open Pandora's box

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of open Pandora's box