snowed under

意思

having far too much work to deal with

工作多得應付不過來.

例句

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?

文法

用在 be 或 get 之後，不單獨使用。壓在身上的工作跟在 with 之後。

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