Phrases in spoken English I think I know the meaning of these three phrases below, But I am not sure when / what kind of context they will be used, and the usage of " our paths don't cross " is in a derogatory sense? snowed under our paths don't cross bumped into I imagined some dialogs and a sentence, and I wrote them down, please someone correct me, Thanks. A: Hi Nina, I found a perfect Chinese restraunt, would you like to try it with us tonight? B: Oh dear, I'd like to but I snowed under my deadline subject. A:Hi David, I can't believe that I bumped my highschool classmate into New Mexico State University. B:What? Did you saying that you bump your highschool classmate? our paths don't cross I read someone's entry in Italki before, He/she wrote that he/she lost his/her Chinese friends. I think that their paths will not cross through his/her describe.