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". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
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 — ► 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
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 — (packed, crammed, etc.) like sarˈdines idiom (informal) pressed tightly together in a way that is uncomfortable or unpleasant Main entry: ↑sardineidiom … Useful english dictionary
packed like sardines — anything tightly packed or confined, after the appearance of sardines in a can. Usually refers to people in overcrowded conditions … Dictionary of ichthyology
packed like sardines — crowded close together, as sardines in tins. → sardine … English new terms 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
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
