to become loaded down with a lot of work (first person example; see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
cococ teopouhqui nopan omoyacati. venir sobre mi muchos trabajos. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 23v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.