It will mean that I expect the dam to burst at any moment.

Its dam can burst, as others have, and when that happens people below it don't stand a chance of surviving.

No one can predict the moment the dam will burst, but the end is inevitable.

"It's like the dam bursting on his insanity," she said.

Then it was like a dam bursting the way the pants and overalls came down in a sudden flood.

In the 2010 rainy season, a violent storm forced massive release of water to prevent the dam bursting.

Helm has warned us about the danger of the river, of the dam bursting.

And when the dams burst some were swept away and dashed against rocks.

He started instantly, almost like a dam bursting.

"Pressure is building up, and when disillusionment sets in, the dam could burst," a left-wing politician said.