snow under

1. (passive, usually)To overwhelm (with large quantities of something to be dealt with).

1. I'm snowed under with work.

   Я маю багато роботи. — aandrusiak

   ruЯ завален работой. — naXa

   deIch bin mit Arbeit eingedeckt. — al_ex_an_der

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2. I've been snowed under with work lately.

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3. There was a lot of snow under the trees.

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4. I'm sorry that I didn't get back to you sooner. I've been snowed under at work lately.

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5. The snow crunched under their boots.

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irregular

• snow upTo prevent (an event) from occurring due to snow.
• snow outTo cover with snow.
• snow inTo prevent from moving (from a building, in a city, etc) due to a large snowfall.
• snow downTo fall from the sky, as snow
• snow overSynonym of snow in.
• snow underTo overwhelm (with large quantities of something to be dealt with).