# fire hose

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/fire-hose
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

Any fast, heavy stream (e.g. of information).

## Examples

- The course was a fire hose of new vocabulary.
- Starting the new job felt like a fire hose of information hitting me every day.
- She opened her inbox to find a fire hose of urgent requests, each demanding attention before noon.

## Origin

From fire + hose.

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