kei raro e putu ana
1. down in a heap, defeated, going under, snowed under - an idiom used to say that someone has been defeated, is in trouble, is snowed under with work or is sick.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 100;)
Kei raro a Te Murumāra e putu ana, he nui nō ana mahi. / Murumāra is snowed under, he's got so much work.
I te maha o ngā pūmanawa o tēnei tangata, kei raro e putu ana te taua hōia (TTR 1990:219). / Because of this man's many talents, the military force was overcome.
