“Be snowed under”
Work意味
自分の能力を超える量の仕事を抱えること。
English: To have more work than you can easily manage.
例文
例文
1 / 2“I am snowed under with reports this week.”
今週は、私が簡単にこなせる量よりも多くの報告書を作成しなければならない。
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.
今週は、私が簡単にこなせる量よりも多くの報告書を作成しなければならない。
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 dictionaryよくある質問
- What does "Be snowed under" mean?
- "Be snowed under" means 自分の能力を超える量の仕事を抱えること。.
- 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.