drowning in
Buried under excess
Drowning in describes being overwhelmed by an excessive quantity of something: drowning in debt, drowning in paperwork, drowning in emails.
The image is of someone submerged and unable to cope, struggling to keep up with demands or obligations.
Unlike literal drowning, which is brief and fatal, drowning in something suggests ongoing submersion—you're barely keeping your head above water.
- sinkingFalling through water
- going underFailing or submerging
- submergedBelow water's surface
- deep endPool's lowest-floor area
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
over my head · gasping · water · suffocating · flailing · waves · rising tide · struggling · treading water · engulfed · swamped · choking · depth · underwater · helpless · flooded · buried · inundated
- Hyperbolea zillion, bazillion, gazillion, bajillion, zillion
- predicamentspredicament, dilemma, bind, pickle, pinch
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
overwhelmed vs. in control
drowning inon top of
Directly above something
managing · handling · coping with · keeping up with · mastering