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.
Come out of a difficult situation without a stain on one's character
I don't understand how he can fall in shit and come out smelling like a rose.