Idiom
drink from a firehose
Meaning
To be overwhelmed (with work, information, etc.); to be inundated with an unrestricted or unfiltered amount.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Starting this new job feels like drinking from a firehose.”
“The new intern struggled to keep up with the project, feeling like he was drinking from a firehose during his first week.”
“When the massive influx of data arrived, the research team realized they were drinking from a firehose and would need weeks to process it all.”
Examples
simple
“Starting this new job feels like drinking from a firehose.”
contextual
“The new intern struggled to keep up with the project, feeling like he was drinking from a firehose during his first week.”
complex
“When the massive influx of data arrived, the research team realized they were drinking from a firehose and would need weeks to process it all.”
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