"snowed under" meaning in English

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          "text": "We are completely snowed under at work because it is the end of the tax year.",
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        "(idiomatic) Having a lot of things to do, usually work-related; tied up."
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "having a lot of things to do",
          "word": "de bòlit"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "máng de bùkěkāijiāo",
          "sense": "having a lot of things to do",
          "word": "忙得不可開交 /忙得不可开交"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having a lot of things to do",
          "word": "tukossa"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "having a lot of things to do",
          "word": "débordé"
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          "code": "mi",
          "english": "an idiom",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "having a lot of things to do",
          "word": "kei raro e putu ana"
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      "sense": "having a lot of things to do",
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      "roman": "máng de bùkěkāijiāo",
      "sense": "having a lot of things to do",
      "word": "忙得不可開交 /忙得不可开交"
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      "sense": "having a lot of things to do",
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      "sense": "having a lot of things to do",
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