snow under

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]

Example Sentences

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.

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Shasta in perfect spring snow under glorious blue skies.

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

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

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“Now I need to go get some wind in my face, and just kind of connect with the mountain again, get some snow under my feet and just kind of reset.”

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Related Words

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