铺天盖地

pū tiān gài dì

blanketing everything; coming from all sides

Character by character

铺pū
spread

天tiān
sky

盖gài
cover

地dì
earth

每到春节前，各种广告就铺天盖地而来。

Every year before Spring Festival, adverts of every kind come flooding in.

Tone: neutral.

For things that hit you from every side: snow, locusts, adverts, news coverage, criticism. A favourite frame is 铺天盖地而来; the tone is often weary.

Learn this in Lesson 16 · HSK 5: 共享单车的兴衰 (The rise and fall of the shared bike)

A dialogue, a reading, word cards with audio and a drill that uses it, in Learn Chinese with Bao. The first lessons of every level are free.