"Snowed under" explain this phrase, please! Give some example also, thank you! When it snows in the winter, it covers everything, trees, door steps, and if you live in somewhere like Russia, cars! People use the phrase, "snowed under" when they have too much work to do. Imagine a man or woman in an office, working hard; they have to do a lot of things before 5 o'clock. They receive a telephone call from a friend asking if they can go for lunch at 13:00 but they reply, "sorry no, I'd love to but I'm snowed under, here." It means so much work to do that you can't do anything else - if you were covered in a lot of snow, that much snow would stop you doing anything, you'd either be trapped in the house or could not move.

snowed under= to have too much work to do

I live in Buffalo, NY. We get snowed under all of the time! http://www.google.com/search?q=buffalo+snow+storms&hl=en&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch

"Snowed under" is an idiom that means you are so far behind in your work, that it is piled up on top of you. You are 'snowed under" in work you must get done. "I'm so snowed under" that I cannot take time to go out with my friends. I must get some work done"!

Thank you very much .