snowed under

Anlam

having far too much work to deal with

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Örnekler

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?

Dil bilgisi

be ya da get fiilinden sonra kullanılır, hiçbir zaman tek başına kullanılmaz. Yığılan iş with edatından sonra gelir.

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