snowed under
/ˌsnəʊd ˈʌndə/INFORMAL · C2
Meaning
having far too much work to deal with
Examples
- 1Priya is completely snowed under with marking until half term.
- 2We were snowed under in the run-up to the summer sale.
- 3The helpline staff are snowed under every January, and calls still go unanswered.
- 4Ben looked snowed under, so Leo offered to take half the emails.
- 5Are you still snowed under, or has the backlog finally gone down?
Grammar
Used after be or get, never on its own. The work that buries you follows with.
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