The phrase
"flood gates" refers to a barrier that stops the flow of water, such as a gate in a dam. Figuratively, it means allowing a large amount of something (like information or emotions) to be released or unleashed all at once.
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Well they have, and the beautiful
flood gates of game creativity is offering up some amazing mods from the community.
It's all or nothing for me: once the
sweet flood gates are open I have little to no control.
A civil engineering proposal to
build flood gates may not realize that it causes other areas to flood.
The end of my work week, pay day and most importantly, the day when we open up the
party flood gates and let your awesome talent in!
The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has moved to avert an impending flood disaster in the Northern Region following plans of authorities in Burkina Faso to
open flood gates of their Bagre dam.
The fact that Huizenga owned the stadium and the television channel broadcasting the games helped buff that quite a bit, but the attendance was disappointing when compared to the wildly optimistic projections of an owner who thought that fans would immediately
flood the gates for a contending team.
Ubisoft is set to open the server
flood gates on February 23 at 6 am EST. for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.
From here, Konami seems to have opened a virtual
flood gate as the soon to be released Thief is seemingly running at 900p / 30 fps on Xbox One, and 1080p / 30 fps on PS4.
The utility's other hydro power plants are operating normally, although EPS said it had to open
flood gates at its biggest hydro power plant Djerdap 1 on the Danube river.
It's newcomer Druid that steals the film with eyes that appear
like flood gates holding back the pain we already know he feels.
Amazon opened the free
ebook flood gates this week, releasing dozens and dozens of free ebooks, far too many to list here.
I've been beyond excited about his impending arrival but the
emotional flood gates were opened as I made a mad dash to the hospital to meet him — just hours after he was born — before visiting hours ended.
In the aftermath, engineers
constructed flood gates and moved animal facilities and crucial components of the power system out of the basement.
Officials along the East Coast are considering adaptive measures like dunes, revetments, stricter building standards and
expensive flood gates following Sandy's $ 50 billion price tag.
Hybrid approaches, such as combining some habitat restoration with
openable flood gates or removable flood walls, provide benefits while also providing more storm and erosion protection than natural approaches alone.
The addition of submarine doors and
flood gates after Tropical Storm Allison (see below), as well as moving the animal facilities out of the basement, helped make Robinson's 5 - day stint relatively quiet.
Those articles have been since rectified and labeled as mistakes, likely at Microsoft's request, but this hint dropped by Greenberg could hardly be more clear — Microsoft has opened the
IP flood gates and that will most likely include Gears of War 4, too.
For the first time, Apple Pencil support has come to the base - model iPad: The 2018 tablet has full support for the Apple Pencil at half the price point of the base - model iPad Pro, opening the digital drawing, sketching, writing, animating, and
calligraphy flood gates to a much wider audience.
Amazon opened the free
ebook flood gates this week, releasing dozens and dozens of free ebooks, far too many -LSB-...]
Upon asking Saunders whether or not he thinks he's opened
the flood gates with his unusual play, he conceded that he might have.
The flood gates open, and companies are forced to finally address the issue.
Bill Gurley: Oh, I think I said, «I'm interested in looking at digital healthcare startups,» and created an email that was I think [email protected] and just kind of opened
the flood gates on purpose.
How to Invest in Cuba will soon be a standard investor question once the press starts talking about how Obama's going to open
the flood gates for easing travel restrictions.
Safety first and then open
the flood gates for food possibilities.
Sunday also marked the Return to the Winner's circle for Team Schwartz who are now ready to let
the flood gates really open up.
The flood gates will open once they get the first one..
It was mentioned that in early Power Rankings that they just needed to find their footing and then
the flood gates would open..
Captain Sternberg has a way of preventing
the flood gates to open following Losses.
His fellow Arsenal forward Theo Walcott certainly thinks that getting off the mark this weekend will open
the flood gates for Alexis.
Not saying
the flood gates open for elite recruits to spill onto The Banks, but it shows consistent improvement and means we won several games against B1G opponents again.
Arsene Wenger suggested this week that these things can come in cycles and before you know it we could be raining goals, but something needs to happen to open
those flood gates.
It could even be only two years but Wenger's departure will not necessarily open
the flood gates for trophies.
If pool score first and we have to chase the game
the flood gates could open with the pacey pool front 4 running riot.
That goal opened
the flood gates for the Chilean who completed his hat - trick in the second half with a well taken header from a great set up from Ozil, while the third was all his own work, beating the keeper with a fierce long range drive.
Failure to score in his first 8 games had the fans on his back so when he finally netted his first, a spectacular goal against Southampton,
the flood gates opened.
Sanchez seems like he just needs one to go in before he opens
the flood gates, bare in mind his a marked man now plus seems to have dropped his sharpness around goal at the moment.
The Game was actually close for the first few innings before Team Maione opened
the flood gates.
The flood gates will open afterwards..
MOTM too tough, clean sheet as the back line and Coq played flawless, but then OG looked better than I have maybe ever seen him, aramsey was sublime as well, usually when he finds the goal, then
the flood gate opens, 1 pt behind City!
After missing several chances, Barcelona finally scored their second of the night when Messi played Iniesta through on the left side and his low cross was bundled home by Luis Suarez at the far post and that opened up
a flood gate as Barcelona ran riot in last 20 minutes and scored four more goals to make it 6 - 0 on the night.
I, for one, always crave more when a striker scores, I know it's not always realistic, but hopefully it will be the goal that opens Rooney's
flood gates... He certainly smiled after the goal, which is something he hasn't done in the last 10 months!!
Maribor 0 - 7 Liverpool Highlights [UEFA Champions League 2017 - 18 — Group Stage Match] 04 ′ 0 — 1 Roberto Firmino opened the scoring in just 4th minute which lead to
a flood gate as Liverpool run riot.
Gary Cahill saw straight red in 14th minute which left
the flood gate open as Burnley scored three before the break.
I have had a few experiences with major leaks, but I can attribute that to my toddler holding it in for a long time and then letting
the flood gates open.