Dear student,
A can of worms is a set of problems difficult to deal wiith.
For example
Dean didn't tell his girlfriend he hasn't divorced yet because
he doesn't want to open too many cans of worms.
or
Metaphorically speaking, to open a can of worms is to
examine or attempt to solve some problem, only to
inadvertently complicate it and create even more trouble.
Literally speaking, opening a can of worms, as most
fishermen can attest, can also mean more trouble than you
bargained for. No surprise, then, that the phrase was
inspired by real live creepy crawlies.
Read the full text here: http://mentalfloss.com/article/31039/how-did-term-open-can-worms-originate#ixzz2dtIA6hNK
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