一起去音乐会吗？

A : We are going to the concert this evening. Will you join us?
B : I'm very sorry I can't.
A : Why not?
B : I've been snowed under with since my boss was away on business.
A : 我们今天去听音乐会。你和我们一起去吗？
B : 非常抱歉我不能去。
A : 为什么。
B :因为老板出差了，我工作多得忙不过来。

go to the concert：去听音乐会
join us：加入我们的活动
be away on business：离开出差
be snowed under：工作忙得不过来，超负荷
讲解：该习语的字面意思是“被埋在雪下”，引申为“某人工作太多而忙得不可开交”。

例句：I have been snowed under with work, I just didn't have the time.
我近来忙得不可开交，抽不出时间来。

After his brilliant performance, that actor has been virtually snowed under by fan mail. 
那个演员精彩表演之后，他对像雪片般—琶来的影迷信穷于应付。 

I am snowed under with applications for the job 
我审阅求职申请书很忙。

They really are snowed under with new orders. 
新的定货单实在使他们应接不暇了。

Don' t give her any extra jobs ; she' s snowed under already. 
别再把额外的工作派给她了，她已经忙不过来了。 

So many applications were received for the post that the secretary was snowed under. 
接到这么多的求职信，秘书忙得不可开交。 

They were snowed under with complaints about working conditions. 
关于工作条件的报怨多得他们应付不了。