To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged with woe
After me the Deluge ["Après moi le Déluge "] When I am dead the deluge may come for aught I care Generally ascribed to Prince Metternich, but the Prince borrowed it from Mme Pompadour, who laughed off all the remonstrances of ministers at her extravagance by saying, "Après nous le déluge" (Ruin, if you like, when we are dead and gone)