snowed under

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

snowed under (comparative more snowed under, superlative most snowed under)

1. (idiomatic) Having a lot of things to do, usually work-related; tied up.

   We are completely snowed under at work because it is the end of the tax year.

   • 1985 April 13, “Help”, in Gay Community News, page 14:

     GCN's Features Dept is getting snowed under. Spring's coming Help dig us out. Typing, research, editing, filing, lay-out: all sorts of tasks for all sorts of people.

Translations

having a lot of things to do

• Catalan: de bòlit
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 忙得不可開交 / 忙得不可开交 (máng de bùkěkāijiāo)

• Finnish: tukossa (fi)
• French: débordé (fr)
• Maori: kei raro e putu ana (an idiom)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Verb

snowed under

1. simple past and past participle of snow under