Definition of open the floodgates
: to remove something serving to restrain an outburst Many people fear that the court's latest ruling will open the floodgates for/to a host of new lawsuits.
Is open the floodgates an idiom?
Idiom: 'Open the floodgates'
What's the meaning of floodgates?
1 : a gate for shutting out, admitting, or releasing a body of water : sluice. 2 : something serving to restrain an outburst opened the floodgates of criticism.
