Winter Phrases and Idioms - English Vocabulary in Context
English Like A Native Podcast
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Is There a Blanket of Snow?
To be snowed in means that you are trapped in your location because there's too much snow for you to go out or go where you need to go. I've certainly had days rearranged, whether it would work or an event rearranged because public transport hasn't been running due to ice or leaves on the track. There was criticism one year that some of the trains weren't able to run because there was heavy leaf fall. It kind of shows that we're not really very good at dealing with weather, even something as simple as falling leaves.
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