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Ann225 Posted 6 years ago
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Inundate

Hi,

Can I say that 'someone is inundated with something' in a casual conversation?

"She keeps complaining about not having anything fancy to wear, but she's inundated with dresses."

Thank you.

  

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Literally , inundated means flooded. eg When the dam collapsed ,an entire village was inundated. Figuratively, inundated means flooded.

— Clive

  • Literally , inundated means flooded.
  • eg When the dam collapsed ,an entire village was inundated.
  • Figuratively, inundated means flooded.
  • eg At work today, I was inundated with phone calls.
  • The phone never topped ringing.
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Literally, inundated means flooded.

eg When the dam collapsed ,an entire village was inundated.


Figuratively, inundated means flooded.

eg At work today, I was inundated with phone calls. The phone never topped ringing.


. . . she's inundated with dresses. This doesn't mean that she has a lot of dresses. It means that she keep

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Ann225"She keeps complaining about not having anything fancy to wear, but she's inundated with dresses."

She keeps complaining about not having anything fancy to wear, but she has a very large closet stuffed full of party dresses, some of which she's never worn.

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