0 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: --
1 to make it possible for something to happen in great numbers: --
The court's decision could open the floodgates for many similar cases.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.