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Zack Phuc
2021-07-08 08:07
Drink from a fire hose idiom
This idiom is used to indicate that one assumes, shoulders or is overwhelmed with something that is way more than what one can take care of.
The first year at university was no different from drinking from a fire hose. I didn't understand anything at all.
Though George was a senior manager, he still felt that working on this project was like drinking from a fire hose because it involved a lot of hard works.
Having work-life balance is crucial. Constantly being made to drink from a fire hose at work can be detrimental to one's physical, emotional and mental health.
1. If you have your eyes are out on stalks, you are looking at something with shock and surprise.
2. If you have your eyes are out on stalks, you are looking at someone with sexual interest.
To be intolerable, overwhelming, or too difficult for one to handle.
Do you see anything wrong?
1. The phrase is used to talk about the earth that is broken up and flattened by a harrow.
2. If somebody is under the harrow, he or she is forced to experience distress, or torment.
1. About 1000 hectares of farmland have been under the harrow for 2 hours.
2. Many families are under the harrow because of the economic recession.
