infested with (something)

infested with (something)

Overrun by or beset with something unpleasant and unwanted, usually a pest of some kind. We can't live in this disgusting apartment, it's infested with roaches! I just overheard the nurse saying that the second-grade class is infested with lice.
See also: infest
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*infested with something

to be contaminated with a swarm or throng of some pest. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) All the campers are infested with lice. The dog is infested with ticks.
See also: infest
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • be infested with (something)
  • infest
  • infested with
  • get infested with (something)
  • come to a bad end
  • come to a bad/sticky end
  • (one's) ship comes in
  • (one's) boat comes in
  • grotty
  • snip