snow under
Swamp with tasks
To snow under is to overwhelm with a burden, especially of work or obligations: I've been snowed under with emails all week.
The image is of being buried beneath accumulating snow—unable to move or keep up.
Almost always used in passive constructions: We're completely snowed under right now.
inundated
Overwhelmed by quantity
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
- overloadedBurdened past capacity
- delugedOverwhelmed by abundance
flooded · buried · engulfed · overrun · besieged · bombarded · overburdened · saturated · drowning · struggling
covered
Having protection atop
- blanketedCovered entirely, uniformly
- entombedSealed in burial chamber
- encasedCompletely surrounded by covering
enveloped · shrouded · concealed · hidden · obscured · smothered · submerged · drift · whiteout · trapped