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Definition of can of worms
can of worms
noun
- something that has many difficult issues.
Citation from "Man who found Apple iPhone prototype in bar, sold it to Gizmodo, to face charges", San Jose Mercury News, Joshua Melvin, August 10 2011 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: hard, confusing, difficult, a problem.
Last edited on Aug 11 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2011.
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Other terms relating to 'hard, confusing, difficult, a problem': | |
| Definitions include: a problem that, in reality, demonstrates one's good fortune. | |
| Definitions include: to acquire. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "shit hits the fan". | |
| Definitions include: "done". | |
| Definitions include: someone or something who will die soon. | |
| Definitions include: to deal with urgent problems (usually at work.) | |
| Definitions include: penis. | |
| Definitions include: a stubborn person. | |
| Definitions include: a masculine homosexual male. | |
| Definitions include: to greatly confuse a person. | |
| Definitions include: too difficult. | |
| Definitions include: to deal with urgent problems (usually at work.) | |
| Definitions include: a favor or kind deed. | |
| Definitions include: to encounter difficulties. | |
| Definitions include: a short amount of time. | |
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Other terms relating to 'can': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "as far as I can see". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "as far as I can tell". | |
| Definitions include: of lower than average intelligence. | |
| Definitions include: a despicable person. | |
| Definitions include: great, awesome, cool; another form of beast or boss. | |
| Definitions include: to take on a situation one can't master. | |
| Definitions include: to beat a person; "kick (one's) ass". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "can anyone else". | |
| Definitions include: bathroom. | |
| Definitions include: to be a talented cook. | |
| Definitions include: a hard worker. | |
| Definitions include: to stop speaking. | |
| Definitions include: a canister of tear gas. | |
| Definitions include: a large quantity of repressed anger or violence. | |
| Definitions include: to be able to perform fellatio well. | |
Other terms relating to 'of': | |
| Definitions include: a worthless person. | |
| Definitions include: sexual activity. | |
| Definitions include: a good estimate. | |
| Definitions include: a little crazy | |
| Definitions include: of lower than average intelligence. | |
| Definitions include: "not all there". | |
| Definitions include: skittish. | |
| Definitions include: an amount of violence. | |
| Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular. | |
| Definitions include: an impressive. | |
| Definitions include: an impressive. | |
| Definitions include: many. | |
| Definitions include: an emphatic "yes". | |
| Definitions include: better than all that. | |
| Definitions include: the best. | |
Other terms relating to 'worm': | |
| Definitions include: loose, and nasty. | |
| Definitions include: to perform varicose vein surgery. | |
| Definitions include: a song or song fragment that gets stuck in one's head. | |
| Definitions include: a very small penis. | |
| Definitions include: a penis. | |
| Definitions include: chewing tobacco. | |
| Definitions include: a dead person. | |
| Definitions include: a characterization of an unassertive person becoming assertive. | |
| Definitions include: to escape punishment. | |
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