to bury or cover something or somebody in the snow (Literal meaning)
to overwhelm something or somebody especially beyond their capacity to handle or deal with it
to defeat something or somebody by a vast margin
to have so much work that you have issues managing everything
inundate
overwhelm
I feel snowed under with all the work my boss keeps throwing my way.
The election result saw the republican candidate being snowed under by a margin of 15 to 4.
The avalanche kept the snowboarders snowed under. (Literal example)
Jane snowed me under with letters since I stopped talking to her.
Do not ever snow under your employees unless you wish to fire any of them.
Only a mother – who never feel annoyed being snowed under with work for her kids.
Sally says she has been “snowed under” with the compliments of her beauty.
Michael Schumacher snowed under all the competitors in the Car Racing Championship and won the trophy.
There is no origin for this idiom
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