“Be snowed under”
Workالتعريف
أن يكون لديك عمل أكثر مما تستطيع إدارته بسهولة.
English: To have more work than you can easily manage.
أمثلة
أمثلة
1 / 2“I am snowed under with reports this week.”
لديّ تقارير أكثر من أن أتمكن من إنجازها هذا الأسبوع مما أستطيع إنجازه بسهولة.
Use this idiom in context
Rewrite this example in plain English without the idiom. Preserve who is speaking, the time and the meaning.
I am snowed under with reports this week.Compare with the original example
I am snowed under with reports this week.
لديّ تقارير أكثر من أن أتمكن من إنجازها هذا الأسبوع مما أستطيع إنجازه بسهولة.
Write a two-line conversation using “Be snowed under”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
Check the expression in a dictionaryالأسئلة المتكررة
- What does "Be snowed under" mean?
- "Be snowed under" means أن يكون لديك عمل أكثر مما تستطيع إدارته بسهولة.
- How do you use "Be snowed under" in a sentence?
- Example: "I am snowed under with reports this week."
- Should I interpret "Be snowed under" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.