packed (in) like sardines

packed (in) like sardines
packed (in) like sardines
Fig. packed very tightly. •

It was terribly crowded there. We were packed in like sardines.

The bus was full. The passengers were packed like sardines.

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{adj. phr.} So tightly crowded that there is hardly room to turn. * /The trains are so full during rush hour that we must go to work packed in like sardines./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • packed\ in\ like\ sardines — adj. phr. So tightly crowded that there is hardly room to turn. The trains are so full during rush hour that we must go to work packed in like sardines …   Словарь американских идиом

  • packed in like sardines — crowded, densely packed, squeezed in …   English contemporary dictionary

  • packed like sardines — If a place is extremely crowded, people are packed like sardines, or packed in like sardines …   The small dictionary of idiomes

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  • packed\ like\ sardines — adj. phr. So tightly crowded that there is hardly room to turn. The trains are so full during rush hour that we must go to work packed in like sardines …   Словарь американских идиом

  • squashed in like sardines — packed/squashed etc/in like sardines phrase crowded so tightly together in a space that there is no room to move Economy class passengers were packed in like sardines. Thesaurus: full of people or thingssynonym Main entry: sardine …   Useful english dictionary

  • packed like sardines — ► packed like sardines crowded close together, as sardines in tins. Main Entry: ↑sardine …   English terms dictionary

  • packed like sardines — Crowded closely together • • • Main Entry: ↑sardine * * * crowded very close together, as sardines are in cans …   Useful english dictionary

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