Pandora's box

English

Proper noun

Pandora's box

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

Noun

Pandora's box (plural Pandora's boxes)

A source of unforeseen trouble.

Translations

A source of unforeseen trouble.

Armenian: Պանդորայի արկղ (Pandorayi arkł)
Bashkir: Пандора ҡумтаһы (Pandora qumtahï)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 潘多拉盒子, 潘多拉盒子 (Pānduōlā hézi), 災難之源, 灾难之源 (zāinàn zhī yuán)
Czech: Pandořina skříňka f
Danish: Pandoras æske c
Esperanto: skatolo de Pandora
Finnish: Pandoran lipas (fi)
French: boîte de Pandore (fr) f
German: Pandorabüchse f, Büchse der Pandora f
Greek: κουτί της Πανδώρας n (koutí tis Pandóras)

Hebrew: תיבת פנדורה‎ (he) f
Hungarian: Pandóra szelencéje (hu)
Italian: vaso di Pandora m
Japanese: パンドラの箱 (パンドラのはこ, Pandora no hako), パンドーラーの箱 (パンドーラーのはこ, Pandōrā no hako), 玉手箱 (たまてばこ, tamatebako) (treasure box from "Urashima Taro" tale)
Korean: 판도라의 상자 (pandoraui sangja)
Portuguese: caixa de Pandora (pt) f
Russian: я́щик Пандо́ры (ru) m (jáščik Pandóry)
Spanish: caja de Pandora f
Swedish: Pandoras ask c
Turkish: Pandora'nın kutusu

See also

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