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"Drink from the firehose"

"Drink from the firehose" means to receive a huge volume of information all at once, more than a person can reasonably absorb.

Say this instead: take in a flood of info

How "Drink from the firehose" shows up at work

Said warmly to new hires during onboarding, as if drowning them in undocumented processes is a rite of passage rather than a failure of documentation. The speaker never seems to notice they're the one holding the hose.

Buzzword

Your first few weeks will feel like drinking from the firehose, but you'll get there.

Plain English

Your first few weeks will mean taking in a flood of info, but you'll get there.

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