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open the floodgates
idiom
If an action or a decision opens the floodgates, it allows something to happen a lot or allows many people to do something that was not previously allowed: 引发更多同类事件;放开限制
open the floodgates toOfficials are worried that allowing these refugees into the country will open the floodgates to thousands more.官员们担心，允许这些难民入境会引发数千其他难民的涌入。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Allowing and permitting
admission
admit
admit of something
allow of something
allowable
authorization
authorize
consent
entrance
give the green light to somethingidiom
given the chance/choiceidiom
green-light
hall pass
hospital admission
liberty
relicensure
say-so
security clearance
see your way (clear) to doing somethingidiom
sublicence
open the floodgates | American Dictionary
open the floodgates
idiom
to make it possible for something to happen in great numbers:
The court's decision could open the floodgates for many similar cases.
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