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• (be) snowed under (with something) — be snowed ˈunder (with sth) idiom to have more things, especially work, than you feel able to deal with • I d love to come but I m completely snowed under at the moment. Main entry: ↑snowidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• 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 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 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 — [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

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