CAN OF WORMS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does can of worms mean? 

• CAN OF WORMS (noun)
  The noun CAN OF WORMS has 1 sense:

1. a source of unpredictable trouble and complexity

  Familiarity information: CAN OF WORMS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAN OF WORMS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A source of unpredictable trouble and complexity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("can of worms" is a kind of...):

problem; trouble (a source of difficulty)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)