what is pandoras box?

Answer 1

In classical mythology, a box that Zeus gave to Pandora, the first woman, with strict instructions that she not open it. Pandora's curiosity soon got the better of her, and she opened the box. All the evils and miseries of the world flew out to afflict mankind.

To “open a Pandora's box” is to create an uncontrollable situation that will cause great grief.

Answer 2

Pandora's box is part of a Greek myth which explains how bad, evil things entered the world. Pandora was one child among many who lived together in a house. There was a box in the house, which she was not supposed to open, but she grew more and more curious about it until one day she snuck into her house to see what it held. As soon as she lifted the lid, all of the bad things of the world came out: death, jealousy, greed, etc.

Answer 3

Pandora's Box has become a metaphor for the unanticipated consequences of technical and scientific development.

For lots of information, the entire story behind Pandora and the box, go to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora

Answer 4

Pandora's box is just a cliche meaning to open a hopeless mess

Answer 5

pandora's box was a box that held all things that were evil, she was told not to open it but did. the phrase is used to express the idea of poking into things that will only lead to bad things

Answer 6

It is a box that held all the evils of the world and Pandora was told never to open it. Curiosity got the best of her and she released all the evils into the world. (plague, sorrow, poverty, crime, despair, greed, vice, old age, sickness, insanity, spite, passion, famine, etc) However, one thing was left in the box...hope.