be snowed under
phrasal verb·1 sense·particle under
Usefulness
Meanings
Be overwhelmed with too much work or correspondence
Why “under”? A large amount of work covers a person and feels hard to escape.
“I'm snowed under at work.”
“Maya is snowed under with emails.”
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