snowed under
Buried in tasks
Snowed under means overwhelmed, buried beneath more than you can handle—like being trapped under accumulated snow.
The phrase almost always refers to work or obligations: I'm completely snowed under with emails, We got snowed under before the deadline.
Sometimes shortened to just snowed: I can't make it tonight—I'm snowed.
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
- floodedCovered with water
- hard-pressedFacing serious difficulty
- buriedPlaced beneath earth
up to my ears · buried alive · tasks · to-do list · work overload · overworked · overload · drowning · treading water · backlogged · commitments · burnout · overburdened · engulfed · avalanche · obligations · deluged · deadlines
- Weather Idiomsunder the weather, when it rains it pours, come rain or shine, rain check, take a rain check
- overwhelmedstressed, stressed out, burnt out, burned out, overwrought
- burnoutburned out, burnt out, burn out, burning out, burnout
- time pressurerush, against the clock, rushed, clock is ticking, urgency
- Overloadedpacked, stuffed, crammed, jammed, full
snowed underfree and clear
Owning without obligations attached
unburdened · caught up · unencumbered · ahead of schedule · manageable
snowed underidle
Without activity or purpose
unoccupied · at leisure · free · twiddling thumbs · kicking back
snowed underidle
Without activity or purpose
free · unoccupied · at leisure · twiddling one's thumbs · underworked
snow, snowball, snows, snowstorm, snowed, overwhelmed, snowflake, snowing, snowfall