Meanings of open a floodgate in English

If he loses the ruling it could open a floodgate of charges against him.

The government's school donation scheme could open a floodgate of requests for tax rebates on payments to schools going back four years.

I opened a floodgate, and the tide has drowned me.

This opened a floodgate of accusation and crocodillian remorse.

It was as though he'd opened a floodgate.

Holding him and smelling his cologne opened a floodgate of memories, memories I didn't want to relive.

The inventor of the damper register opened a floodgate to such aliquot re-enforcement as can be got in no other way.

The accident opened a floodgate of revelations, including claims that Woods had sex with up to 17 women during his marriage to Nordegren.

But Grohsgal, now a professor at Widener University School of Law, said he feels the case's circumstances are specific enough to avoid opening a floodgate.