"drink from a firehose" meaning in English

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      "form": "drinking from a firehose",
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      "form": "drank from a firehose",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To be overwhelmed (with work, information, etc.); to be inundated with an unrestricted, unfiltered amount"
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        "(idiomatic) To be overwhelmed (with work, information, etc.); to be inundated with an unrestricted, unfiltered amount"
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        {
          "ref": "2004, Anthony G. Wilhelm, Digital Nation: Toward an Inclusive Information Society, page 20",
          "text": "If we are to be drinking from a firehose, with billions of web pages at our fingertips, then we should possess the skills to manage its flow.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To take a small amount from an enormous, hard-to-manage quantity"
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        "(idiomatic) To take a small amount from an enormous, hard-to-manage quantity"
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          "word": "drink from the fire hydrant"
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To be overwhelmed (with work, information, etc.); to be inundated with an unrestricted, unfiltered amount"
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To be overwhelmed (with work, information, etc.); to be inundated with an unrestricted, unfiltered amount"
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        "To take a small amount from an enormous, hard-to-manage quantity"
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        "(idiomatic) To take a small amount from an enormous, hard-to-manage quantity"
      ],
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    {
      "word": "drink from the fire hydrant"
    }
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