packed together like sardines
1packed 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 …
2packed 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… …
3squashed 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 …
4packed like sardines — Crowded closely together • • • Main Entry: ↑sardine * * * crowded very close together, as sardines are in cans …
5packed like sardines — ► packed like sardines crowded close together, as sardines in tins. Main Entry: ↑sardine …
6packed like sardines — crowded close together, as sardines in tins. → sardine …
7(packed) like sardines — (packed, crammed, etc.) like sarˈdines idiom (informal) pressed tightly together in a way that is uncomfortable or unpleasant Main entry: ↑sardineidiom …
8(crammed) like sardines — (packed, crammed, etc.) like sarˈdines idiom (informal) pressed tightly together in a way that is uncomfortable or unpleasant Main entry: ↑sardineidiom …
9thick — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. broad, wide, massive, thickset, stout, fat; dense, solid; populous, crowded; heavy, viscous, creamy, gooey (sl.); foggy, smoky, hazy; hoarse, guttural, throaty; slow[ witted], witless. See breadth,… …
10sardine — 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… …
