open the floodgates

短语
大学

打开了闸门；发泄

发音

AU

词形变化

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教材释义与例句

打开了闸门；发泄

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To allow some action to proceed more swiftly or to a greater extent.

    习语

词源

Literally, to allow floodwater that had been held back to flow freely.

来源：wiktionary