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Drug abuse is a can of worms nobody wants to open at sporting events.滥用药物是体育赛事中无人想要触及的棘手问题。When made chairman of that investigating committee, he was being handed a can of worms.选他担任调查委员会主席，正是叫他接手一个烂摊子。Joe can't sit still for a minute — he is a can of worms.乔连一分钟也坐不住，他是个狂躁型的人。Our boss is reluctant to change the policy now because she doesn't want to open a can of worms.我们老板现在不愿意改变政策，因为她不想惹上一堆麻烦。Mixing his metaphors, he described the problem by saying "We've opened up a can of worms here, and now we have to get the genie back in the bottle".他用混合隐喻形容面对的问题，“我们打开了一个‘虫罐子’，现在我们必须把妖怪放回瓶子里去”。They are worried that they might open a can of worms.他们担心可能会遇到大麻烦。The government opened up a can of worms when it decided to reorganize the education system.政府决定改革教育制度时突然发现有一大堆棘手的问题要处理。 |