PACKED (IN) LIKE SARDINES
packed (in) like sardines: translation
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./