"snowed under" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-snowed under.ogg [Australia] Forms: more snowed under [comparative], most snowed under [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} snowed under (comparative more snowed under, superlative most snowed under)
  1. (idiomatic) Having a lot of things to do, usually work-related; tied up. Tags: idiomatic Translations (having a lot of things to do): de bòlit (Catalan), 忙得不可開交 (Chinese Mandarin), 忙得不可开交 (máng de bùkěkāijiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), tukossa (Finnish), débordé (French), kei raro e putu ana (english: an idiom) (Maori)
    Sense id: en-snowed_under-en-adj-lK~x0b0z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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