snowed under

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Adjective

snowed under (comparative more snowed under, superlative most snowed under)

(idiomatic) Having a lot of things to do, usually work-related; tied up.
- 1985 April 13, “Help”, in Gay Community News, page 14:
  GCN's Features Dept is getting snowed under. Spring's coming Help dig us out. Typing, research, editing, filing, lay-out: all sorts of tasks for all sorts of people.
We are completely snowed under at work because it is the end of the tax year.

Translations

having a lot of things to do

Catalan: de bòlit
Chinese:
Mandarin: 忙得不可開交／忙得不可开交 (máng de bùkěkāijiāo)
Finnish: tukossa (fi)
French: débordé (fr)
Maori: kei raro e putu ana (an idiom)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

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