Quiz: "snowed under" or "snowed in"?
18.12.2008
The correct answer is: snowed under
"Paula's snowed under at work. She won't be coming to the Christmas party."
When someone is "snowed under", that person has a lot of work to do.
be snowed under = mit Arbeit eingedeckt sein
We use "snowed in" when someone is blocked somewhere because of a large quantity of snow.
"After the blizzard, the family was snowed in for a whole week."
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