Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
захлебнулся в растущем, как снежный ком, количестве
English translation:
was buried by the avalanche of ...
Russian term
Russian Federation
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
захлебнулся в растущем, как снежный ком, количестве
Jan 22, 2014 23:31: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
United States
On time, on target, on budget.
Native in: English 
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Works in: Polish to English, English to Polish, Russian to Polish, and 1 more.
was buried by the avalanche of ...
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Michael Korovkin
: swallowed by or burried in.And "avalanche"is much better than the snowball.BURRIED in a snowball is mixing metaphors:one doesn't get burried,let alone захлебается:)in a snowball.At most,one can be burried UNDER it,but then it must be a big SOB of a SnowB
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Thanks, Michael. I truly appreciate your support.
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The Misha
: I like this one best too.
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Thank you,The Misha. I am glad you like it.
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United States
Excellent English from Russian originals
Native in: English (Variants: British, Australian, US)
Works in: Russian to English
was buried in snowballing [models and series]
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Alexander Grabowski
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Thank you.
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Alexandra Schneeuhr
: Too bad I did not see your answer before posting :)
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Thanks, Alexandra. Isn't "to snowball" a nice verb?
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Natalia Volkova
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Thanks, Natalia.
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cyhul
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Thank you.
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Oleg Gordeev
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Thanks, Oleg.
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Legal and literary translator. Linguist.
Native in: English (Variants: British, US) , Polish (Variant: Standard-Poland)
Works in: Russian to English, Polish to English, Swedish to English
got buried as if inside a giant snowball
Cyprus
Translation–Localisation–Transcreation
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Russian
got overwhelmed with the growing like a rolling snowball number of...
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Note added at 6 hrs (2014-01-20 22:19:52 GMT)
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Few more examples of use (though this option has lost for me most of its appeal after seeing the peers' suggestions):
The investigation continues and charges keep growing like a rolling snowball.
It is the long term subtle strategical mistakes that end up growing like a rolling snowball and getting you in the end.
The DIY Trade News team visited the Agrinet Trade Show and was overwhelmed with the growing number of manufacturing companies aligning their brands with this world-class wholesaler...
Practices are already overwhelmed with the growing number of different reporting requirements they face from the government...
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