Смысл: sardines

sardineI
[sɑ:ʹdi:n]
n
<Í> 1. сардина (Sardinia pilchardus)
packed like sardines - ≅ (набиты) как сельди в бочке
2. в грам. знач. гл. втискивать, заталкивать; набивать битком

II
[ʹsɑ:daın]
= sardius 2

pack like sardines Идиома

packed in like sardines

Idiom(s): packed (in) like sardines

Theme: PROXIMITY

packed very tightly. (Many variations are possible, as in the examples.)
• It was terribly crowded there. We were packed in like sardines.
• The bus was full. The passengers were packed like sardines.
• They packed us in like sardines.

Packed like sardines

If a place is extremely crowded, people are packed like sardines, or packed in like sardines.

packed (in) like sardines|pack|packed|packed like

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.

pack (someone or something) (in) like sardines

To fit abounding bodies or things actual deeply or snugly into a baby space. We didn't appetite to booty added than one car, so Jeff arranged us like sardines in his little auto for the four-hour drive to Moab. Having a concert in our accompany café was such a acceptable idea! Sure, we had to backpack bodies in like sardines, but anybody had a abundant time. I ambition you would aloof let us buy you a bigger backpack! It makes my own aback aching watching you backpack those books like sardines into your little accept bag.Learn more: like, pack, sardine

pack someone or something (in) like sardines

Fig. to clasp in as abounding bodies or things as possible. (From the way that abounding sardines are arranged into a can.) They arranged us in like sardines. There was no allowance to breathe. They arranged in the bodies like sardines. Dave got a box and arranged old negatives in like sardines.Learn more: like, pack, sardine

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