packed\ in\ like\ sardines

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. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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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./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • 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./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • packed 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 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

  • packed like sardines —    If a place is extremely crowded, people are packed like sardines, or packed in like sardines.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If a group of people are packed like sardines, they are pressed together tightly and uncomfortably because… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • 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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