snowed under

معنی

having far too much work to deal with

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مثال‌ها

1. 1Priya is completely snowed under with marking until half term.
2. 2We were snowed under in the run-up to the summer sale.
3. 3The helpline staff are snowed under every January, and calls still go unanswered.
4. 4Ben looked snowed under, so Leo offered to take half the emails.
5. 5Are you still snowed under, or has the backlog finally gone down?

دستور زبان

بعد از be یا get می‌آید، هرگز به‌تنهایی. کاری که کسی زیر آن مانده بعد از with می‌آید.

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