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Idiom be packed like sardines if people are packed like sardines, there are a large number of them in a small space.There were twenty people packed like sardines into a van.
idiombe packed like sardines(also be crammed, squeezed etc like sardines)if a group of people or things is packed like sardines, they are pushed together in a small space:One of the hostages said they were packed in like sardines and sometimes had to sleep standing up.In the minibus, crammed like sardines, the team sat staring out of the windows.
(redirected from be packed like sardines)be packed (in) like sardinesTo be very tightly or snugly packed together, especially in a small space. We didn't want to take more than one car, so we had to be packed like sardines in Jeff's little sedan for the four-hour drive to Moab. Having a concert in our friends café was such a good idea! Sure, we were packed in like sardines, but everyone had a great time. |