can of worms

These user-created lists contain the word ‘can of worms’.

• EU Buzz - ALL words and expressions

  A combined list of
  1. EU Buzz - single words
  2. EU Buzz - collocations
  3. EU Buzz - the 100 most active
  collocation constituents

  absorption capacity, absorption rate, acceding country, accession candidate, accession countries, accession country, accession criteria, accession cycle, accession negotia..., accession partner..., accession priorities, accession treaty and 2650 more...

• EU Buzz - collocations

  Multiword expressions frequently used in EU context. Many of them have a specific EU-meaning, some of them are topical in 2012 also outside the EU but have a relevance in EU politics. People workin...

  absorption capacity, absorption rate, acceding country, accession candidate, accession countries, accession country, accession criteria, accession cycle, accession negotia..., accession partner..., accession priorities, accession treaty and 1567 more...

• phraseologue

  phrases—not sure exactly what I'm doing with them though

  how dare you, what could possib..., I have to hand it..., so it's come to this, this isn't funny ..., how do I put this, at the end of the..., not a happy camper, a good time was h..., it's been real, accidentally on p..., are we not men and 376 more...

• Nigerian English

  This list was inspired by this article. Any Nigerians out there care to add to it?

  chop house, felicitate, jubilate, cutlass, waterloo, tout, urchin, gripe water, vulcanizer, miscreant, can of worms, sorry-o and 121 more...

• The Worm List

  List of all things wormy.

  hookworm, earworm, roundworm, corn earworm, bollworm, pinworm, whipworm, earthworm, heartworm, polychete, teredo, lugworm and 54 more...

• EU Buzz - noun+of+noun collocations

  rule of law, bodies of excellence, bone of contention, brink of bankruptcy, can of worms, classification of..., club of scrooges, code of conduct, consolidation of ..., decline of Europe, distribution of c..., effort of reform and 33 more...

• EU Buzz - noun+prep+noun collocations

  well-being of cit..., strength of insti..., simplification of..., suspension of pay..., standards before ..., strategy of stabi..., trio of presidencies, unity in diversity, right of prerogative, reweighting of votes, secondment of off..., recasting of legi... and 37 more...

• Pop Culture

  Comic strip character names and words, along with modern slang oddities.

  rowrbazzle, pogo, rhinocerwurst, bitchin', cowabunga, joe btfsplk, churchy la femme, howland owl, porky pine, miss mamselle hep..., shmoo, unobtanium and 390 more...

• Animalia Wordia

  Words or short phrases with animal names in them. Since I already have a dedicated list for 'monkey' words I shall leave them out of this one for the moment.

  paper tiger, pigeon-hearted, lion-hearted, sacred cow, chicken heart, fraidy cat, scaredy-cat, snake oil, can of worms, snake pit, rat's nest, stool pigeon and 114 more...

• Instant gratification

  babyfy, serendipity, doodad, callipygian, oolong, typeractive, cupidity, floozie, gadzooks, noontide, acquiescence, inspiration and 27 more...

• problem words

  quagmire, jam, fix, dilemma, predicament, pickle, quandary, mess, riddle, enigma, can of worms, pandora's box and 45 more...