be swamped by sth;become a scourge; flood; run rampant (/wild) ? 表報(bào)之多，鬧得～。(《毛澤東選集》Ⅴ—275)There is such a flood of statistical forms that they become a scourge.
泛濫成災(zāi)fàn làn chénɡ zāi
泛濫：河水漲滿溢出。指河水漲溢，造成災(zāi)禍；也比喻數(shù)量過多，影響極壞。run rampant, run wild, flood, become a scourge, be in flood