snow under

Idioms  

1. Overwhelm, overpower, as in I can't go; I'm just snowed under with work, or We were snowed under by more votes than we could have anticipated. This expression alludes to being buried in snow. [Late 1800s]

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Example Sentences

The AINs are far outnumbered by the dozens of Russian-born athletes who have dodged the ban on their motherland and taken to the ice and snow under the flags of other countries.

From The Wall Street Journal

There’s a special exhilaration in arriving at the slopes feeling overdressed in the sunshine, crunching along dry pavement in ski boots, and then being whisked up the mountain to a different environment entirely: an alpine world still blanketed in white snow under cobalt skies.

From The Wall Street Journal

Shasta in perfect spring snow under glorious blue skies.

From Los Angeles Times

Snow accumulations of 1-2" above 5000' & a 50% chance of light snow under 1" possible on the Grapevine.

From Los Angeles Times

He added that clearing the roads of snow under such conditions could prove challenging.

From New York Times

Related Words

• afflict
• bother
• depress
• encumber
• hamper
• hinder
• lade
• oppress
• overload
• overwhelm
• weigh down