PACK SOMEONE OR SOMETHING (IN) LIKE SARDINES

pack someone or something (in) like sardines: translation

packsomeone or something(in†) like sardines

Fig.to squeeze in as many people or things as possible. (From the way that many sardines are packed into a can.) •

They packed us in like sardines. There was no room to breathe.

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They packed in the people like sardines.

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Dave got a box and packed old negatives in like sardines.