Pandora 's box
( Greek mythology ) box given to Pandora by Zeus , whose instructions stated that it must not be opened, and were then ignored, leading to disastrous consequences.Pandora 's box plural Pandora's boxes
( idiomatic ) source of unforeseen trouble .
Synonym: Pandora's jar 1837 L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon ], “The Morality of Diamonds”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. [ … ] , volume I, London: Henry Colburn , [ … ] →OCLC page 16 :There was an evil in Pandora's box
a source of unforeseen trouble
Albanian: kutia e Pandorës
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: Պանդորայի արկղ ( Pandorayi arkġ ) , Պանդորայի տուփ ( Pandorayi tupʻ )
Bashkir: Пандора ҡумтаһы ( Pandora qumtahı )
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: кутията на Пандора ( kutijata na Pandora )
Catalan: capsa de Pandora
Chinese:
Mandarin: 潘多拉魔盒 (zh) ( Pānduōlā móhé ) , 災難之源 ／ 灾难之源 ( zāinàn zhī yuán )
Czech: Pandořina skříňka f
Danish: Pandoras æske c
Dutch: doos van Pandora f
Esperanto: skatolo de Pandora
Faroese: eskjan hjá Pandoru f
Finnish: Pandoran lipas (fi)
French: boîte de Pandore (fr) f
Georgian: პანდორას ყუთი ( ṗandoras q̇uti )
German: Pandorabüchse f Büchse der Pandora f
Greek: κουτί της Πανδώρας n ( koutí tis Pandóras )
Hebrew: תיבת פנדורה (he) f
Hindi: पैन्डोरा का बॉक्स ( painḍorā kā bŏks )
Hungarian: Pandóra szelencéje (hu)
Indonesian: kotak Pandora
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 (ja) ( たまてばこ, tamatebako ) ( treasure box from "Urashima Taro" tale )
Kazakh: Пандора қалбыры ( Pandora qalbyry )
Korean: 판도라의 상자 ( pandoraui sangja ) , 판도라의 함 ( pandoraui ham ) , 판도라의 항아리 ( pandoraui hang'ari )
Latvian: Pandoras lāde f
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: Пандорина кутија ( Pandorina kutija )
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: pandoraeske
Occitan: boita de Pandora
Polish: puszka Pandory (pl)
Portuguese: caixa de Pandora (pt) f
Punjabi: ਪੰਡੋਰਾ ਦਾ ਡੱਬਾ ( paṇḍorā dā ḍabbā )
Romanian: cutia Pandorei
Russian: я́щик Пандо́ры (ru) m ( jáščik Pandóry )
Spanish: caja de Pandora f
Swedish: Pandoras ask c pandorasask (sv) c
Tamil: பண்டோராவின் பெட்டி ( paṇṭōrāviṉ peṭṭi )
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: Pandora'nın kutusu
Ukrainian: скринька Пандори ( skrynʹka Pandory )
Uzbek: Pandora qutisi
Vietnamese: chiếc hộp Pandora
