fire hose

fire hose

A strong, heavy stream of something. When I defended my dissertation, it felt like the questions were coming at me like a fire hose.
See also: fire, hose
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • under fire
  • fire questions at (one)
  • have a/(one's) finger on the button
  • draw (someone's) fire
  • draw fire
  • draw someone's fire
  • set fire to
  • set fire to (something)
  • light (something) with (something)
  • light with
References in periodicals archive
He said: "The only reason why a hospital would have fire hoses out side is if the fire brigade had a huge concern about the fire safety at the hospital."
Hospital reassures staff over fire safety concerns; STAFF FEARS AFTER HOSE LEFT NEAR NEW WARD
In addition to donating the Safe Water Boxes, Key Fire Hose and Darley are also working with H2OpenDoors to install decentralized water treatment systems in Puerto Rico.
Darley Safe Water Solutions Goes to Puerto Rico
The first question that came up was about the 36M-1 for hydrostatically testing the fire hoses.
Damage control
The fire hose and tap had been favourably commented upon and praised as they were clean and polished and shone like the noon-day sun.
Letter: Shiny, but useless
"[It's used] to tighten and loosen fire hose connections,"
Wanted: gadgets, gizmos and contraptions
As the comet rotates, each jet is like a fire hose that whips around and turns on and off as it moves in and out of the solar spotlight, he adds.
Spacecraft samples and views Wild 2
He played three seasons on special teams for the Oilers and the Los Angeles Rams before trading in his football for a fire hose.
From the firehouse to the schoolhouse: firefighter teaches skills that save lives. (Making it)
when the lights went out I would go home, get ready for bed and watch the custodian bring out the fire hose and water the rink using the headlights of his truck-for light.
Kyoto needs to be ratified: it is time to move the pendulum back the other way
At the International Center for Emergency Response Training Academy (ICERTA), Ocala, Fla., the temperatures soar as two fire hose teams advance into a towering inferno.
Navy investigates firefighting training options. (People Planes Places)
A bomb exploded in a fire hose box early Wednesday on an elevated walkway in front of Kokusai-tenjijo Seimon Station on the Yurikamome Line in Tokyo's Koto Ward, the police said.
Bomb explodes at Yurikamome Line station
Caption: Brian Berthod, a fire science student at Red Rocks Community College In Lakewood, Colo., hauls a hefty 2 1/2-inch fire hose as part of a recent training exercise at the college.
Brian Berthod, a fire science student at Red Rocks Community College in Lakewood, Colo., hauls a hefty 2 1/2-inch fire hose as part of a recent training exercise at the college. (around campus)
I cut up a fire hose to use as our line of scrimmage, and put another one 10 yards away.
For the Love of the Game
The early edition of the day's paper, writes Baker, included "a long account of the heroic efforts of Henry Nehf, a druggist and volunteer fireman from Terre Haute, Indiana, whose body had been found in the remains of a burned and collapsed building, his right arm over his head, as if to fend off the ceiling, and his left around the nozzle of a fire hose. When Nehf had disappeared twelve days earlier, he had at first been suspected of starting the fire or otherwise being on a 'debauch'; now, he was a hero.
Paper Tigers
bought the building with an existing tenant -- Superior Fire Hose Corp, -- in place
Beer distributor expands into new location
On arrival, Pair said a "fire hose" of information came his way from countless briefings.
Reservist leap into TRANSCOM transition