(be) snowed under (with something)
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snowed under — phrase with too much work to deal with We’re snowed under with applications for the job. Thesaurus: busy and workingsynonym Main entry: snow * * * snowed under : having to deal with too much of something : overwhelmed by something … Useful english dictionary
be snowed under — be overwhelmed with a large quantity of something, especially work. → snow … English new terms dictionary
snow under — {v.} 1. To cover over with snow. * /The doghouse was snowed under during the blizzard./ 2. {informal} To give so much of something that it cannot be taken care of; to weigh down by so much of something that you cannot do anything about it.… … Dictionary of American idioms
snow under — {v.} 1. To cover over with snow. * /The doghouse was snowed under during the blizzard./ 2. {informal} To give so much of something that it cannot be taken care of; to weigh down by so much of something that you cannot do anything about it.… … Dictionary of American idioms
snow\ under — v 1. To cover over with snow. The doghouse was snowed under during the blizzard. 2. informal To give so much of something that it cannot be taken care of; to weigh down by so much of something that you cannot do anything about it. Usually used in … Словарь американских идиом
snow someone under — usu. be snowed under overwhelm someone with a large quantity of something, esp. work he s been snowed under with urgent cases … Useful english dictionary
snow under — have or get so much of something that it can t be taken care of I have been snowed under with paperwork during the last few weeks … Idioms and examples
snow under — transitive verb 1. : to overwhelm beyond the capacity for absorbing or dealing with something snowed under by correspondence and paper work Raymond Chandler 2. : to defeat by a large margin snowed him under with some 4000 write in votes for… … Useful english dictionary
snow — [snəʊ ǁ snoʊ] verb be snowed under (with something) to have a lot more work than you can deal with: • We re snowed under with paperwork. * * * snow UK US /snəʊ/ verb ● be snowed under Cf. be snowed under … Financial and business terms
snow — snow1 W3S3 [snəu US snou] n [: Old English; Origin: snaw] 1.) [U] soft white pieces of frozen water that fall from the sky in cold weather and cover the ground →↑sleet ▪ Snow was falling heavily as we entered the village. ▪ I could see footprints … Dictionary of contemporary English
