fire hose

1. A hose designed to deliver water to douse a fire, usually much stronger and wider in diameter than a garden hose.

   Feuerwehrschlauch, Löschschlauch

   пожа́рный шлангpožárnyj šlang, брандспо́йтbrandspójt, пожа́рный рука́вpožárnyj rukáv

   поже́жний шлангpožéžnyj šlanh, поже́жний рука́вpožéžnyj rukáv

   a large hose that carries water from a fire hydrant to the site of the fire

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

   She felt she was standing in front of a fire hose of instructions, trying to absorb them all with a sponge.

3. A feed of all updates to a website.

4. (colloquial, idiomatic)A human penis.

5. An fast-flowing unsupported flow of lava escaping from a solid rockface.

1. Too much information was presented all at once. Taking it in was like drinking from a fire hose.

   ruБыло слишком много информации за раз. Её усвоение было подобно питию из пожарного рукава. — odexed

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