we were packed in like sardines

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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 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

• 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

• 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 …   New idioms dictionary

• sardine — UK [sɑː(r)ˈdiːn] / US [sɑrˈdɪn] noun [countable] Word forms sardine : singular sardine plural sardines a silver fish used for food, either cooked and eaten fresh or preserved in tins (= metal containers) • packed/squashed etc in like sardines… …   English dictionary

• sardine — sar|dine [ sar din ] noun count a silver fish used for food, either cooked and eaten fresh or preserved in cans (=metal containers) packed/squashed etc. in like sardines crowded so tightly together in a space that there is no room to move:… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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