Idioms related to landscape

be swamped

To be very busy

a slippery slope

A situation that leads to uncontrollable consequences

a drop in the ocean

Something that makes almost no difference

get the lie of the land

To explore a place to understand it

oceans apart

To be completely different

in one's own back yard

Very close to home and familiar

hit rock bottom

To reach the worst possible situation

when hell freezes over

Never

stuck between a rock and a hard place

Forced to choose between two bad options

can't see the forest for the trees

Focusing too much on details and missing the big picture