Snow Idioms

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To break the iceto make people who have not met before

feel more relaxed with each other

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When her new friends joined the

party, Melanie invited everyone to play a game to

break the ice.

To walk on thin iceto be in a risky situation

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If you don’t want to find yourself walking on thin ice when buying a used

car, take it to an independent mechanic

before you sign any papers.

To be snowed underto have so much work that you have

problems dealing with it all

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Joanne is snowed under with all the renovations she has to finish before

holidays.

A snowball effecta situation in which something increases in

size or importance at a faster and faster rate

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Catering really created a snowball effect for Mike’s restaurant because more and more people were placing their orders.

To be snowed into be unable to leave because of too much snow

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Our family was supposed to leave a ski resort the next day, but we had to stay longer because we got snowed in.