Squeezed out

[dedicatedenglish]

If someone asks me if I want to go out to dinner with them, can I say "I'm sorry. I'm so squeezed out with work" to mean I can't because of work?

 

[Tarheel]

No. Say you have to work overtime. Or something like that.

 

[dedicatedenglish]

Does the phrase "squeezed out" mean anything to you in this context?

 

[5jj]

Not to me.

 

[Rover_KE]

Nor to me.

I might say I’m snowed under with work.

 

[Tarheel]

Nor to me.

I might say I’m snowed under with work.

That's the phrase I was trying to think of.

 

[Tait-ka]

I might say I’m snowed under with work.

May you please tell me what "snowed under" means here?

 

[teechar]

May Can you please tell me what "snowed under" means here?

It means overwhelmed.

 

[Tarheel]

@Tait-ka Have you visited the idioms section of the forum?

 

[Tait-ka]

@Tait-ka Have you visited the idioms section of the forum?

No. Can you plz give me the link of it?

 

[Rover_KE]

No. Can you please give me the link to it?

We only use standard English here.

Here is the link.