堰せきを切きったよう

expression, na-adjective

gushing forth; bursting out; like breaking a dam

Idiomatic expression describing something that suddenly flows or bursts out in large amounts, like water from a broken dam. Often used for emotions, words, tears, or crowds. The literal image is of a dam breaking.

• 彼かの女じょは堰せきを切きったように泣なき出だした。

  She burst into tears as if a dam had broken.

• 観かん客きゃくが堰せきを切きったようにスタジアムになだれ込こんだ。

  The spectators poured into the stadium like a flood.