Well it is the season for this topic, at least here in Canada and the northern U.S.
(I have modified these from http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/snow)
To be (as) pure as the driven snow:
Pure and chaste (Often used ironically.)
E.g. Jill: Sue must have gone to bed with every man in town. Jane: And I always thought she was as pure as the driven snow!
A snow bunny:
1. Someone learning to ski.
E.g. This little slope is for snow bunnies. They call it the ‘bunny hill’.
2. A young, attractive female at a skiing lodge.
E.g. Some cute little snow bunny came over and sat beside me. This place is swarming with snow bunnies that have never even seen a ski.
Snowed in:
Trapped (somewhere) because of too much snow, most likely due to a recent snow storm.
E.g. The snow was so deep that we were snowed in for three days. Luckily we had enough food to last us a while.
Snowed under:
Overworked; exceptionally busy.
E.g. Look, I’m really snowed under at the moment. Can this wait?
A snow job:
An attempt to persuade or deceive someone by praising them or not telling the truth.
E.g. Dane will need to do a snow job on his Dad if he’s ever going to borrow the car again, after getting into so many fender-benders (minor car accidents).
Enjoy and stay warm!
Hi…I just found your brilliant blog. I’m studying at University of Bristol, UK. Today it’s snowing heavily and make me wonder, when ‘cats and dogs’ refer to heavy rain, what about heavy snow? Is there any idiom for it?
hmm..no animal idiom that I know of. Usually we just say things like
“it’s coming down hard” or “it’s really blowing out there” or “it’s blinding” (if the wind is rapidly blowing around the snow).
A snow storm is a snow storm!
I welcome other readers to add idioms for this to help us out…
thx!