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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.
See also: like, sardine

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.
See also: like, sardine


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