snowed under

뜻

having far too much work to deal with

일이 너무 많아 감당하기 힘들다.

예문

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?

문법

동사 be나 get 뒤에 쓰며, 단독으로는 쓰지 않는다. 짓누르는 일은 전치사 with 뒤에 온다.

비슷한 뜻