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12 Snow Idioms & Phrases (Meaning & Examples)

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Are you looking for some useful snow idioms?

If so, you are in the right place.

In this next post, we are going to look at 12 snow idioms and how to use them in a sentence.

Enjoy!

snow idioms

12 Snow Idioms & Phrases (Meaning & Examples)

1. As White As Snow

  • Meaning: To refer to something that is extremely white.
  • Use In A Sentence: Wow Grandma is looking old. Her hair is as white as snow.

2. To Do A Snow Job On Someone

  • Meaning: To persuade someone by lying to them; to deceive.
  • Use In A Sentence: The young boy thought he did a snow job on his mom by telling her he was sick, but his mom knew the truth.

3. To Have Snow On The Mountain

  • Meaning: To have white hair due to aging.
  • Use In A Sentence: Even though he may have a little snow on the mountain, he still knows a thing or two about sports.

4. To Be Pure As The Driven Snow

  • Meaning: Used to describe a person who is morally chaste or pure.
  • Use In A Sentence: I was surprised to hear that David cheated on the test. I always thought he was pure as the driven snow.

5. To Snow One Under With Something

  • Meaning: To burden someone with too much work. To overwhelm someone.
  • Use In A Sentence: I am tired, but Tom keeps snowing me under with all this work that he doesn’t want to do.

6. Snow On The Roof

  • Meaning: To have white hair due to aging.
  • Use In A Sentence: Even though my Grandpa has snow on the roof, he still likes to get out of the house and play ball every once in a while.

7. Snowbird

  • Meaning: A person who goes to a warmer climate during the cold winter months.
  • Use In A Sentence: My father-in-law told me that when he retires he is going to be a snowbird. He is planning on spending 6 months in Maine and 6 months in Florida.

8. To Be Snowed Out

  • Meaning: When an event is canceled or postponed due to a lot of snow.
  • Use In A Sentence: Students were happy to learn that because of the blizzard school with be snowed out tomorrow.

9. Snow Bunny

  • Meaning: a person who is learning how to ski.
  • Use In A Sentence: I was surprised to see so many snow bunnies on the slopes today. I thought the cold weather would have discouraged them from coming out.

10. To Roast Snow In A Furnace

  • Meaning: to attempt to do something that is very difficult, impossible or futile.
  • Use In A Sentence: You might as well roast snow in the furnace. He is not going to change his mind. Once he has made a decision, the decision is final.

11. To Be Snowed In

  • Meaning: To not be able to leave the house due to too much snow. To be trapped inside because of too much snow.
  • Use In A Sentence: The blizzard dropped so much snow, we were snowed in for 5 days.

12. To Snowball Into Something

  • Meaning: When a situation starts off as a small problem, but suddenly grow to a much bigger problem. Usually, one that is difficult to manage. To develop quickly into something bigger.
  • Use In A Sentence: You need to fix the problem fast. If more people find out this could snowball into a huge problem.

There you have it! 12 easy snow idioms. Did we miss one? If so, please share yours in the comments below.