drinking from a firehose
/ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ frɒm ə ˈfaɪərhoʊz/
receiving far more information than one can absorb at once
drinking from a firehose in a sentence
“Onboarding week felt like drinking from a firehose — so many tools to learn.”
Origin of drinking from a firehose
Vivid metaphor for overwhelming information flow; widely used in tech and finance
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