packed/squashed like sardines

Related to word: sardine

Idiom

Definition

  1. Used to describe people or things being extremely crowded and packed very closely together, similar to sardines in a can.

    形容人或物体非常拥挤,像沙丁鱼一样紧密地挤在一起。

    • After the concert, the audience was packed like sardines at the exit.

      音乐会结束后,观众在出口处挤得像沙丁鱼一样。

    • During rush hour, the subway car was so crowded that passengers were packed like sardines and could barely move.

      在高峰时段,地铁车厢非常拥挤,乘客们挤得像沙丁鱼一样,几乎无法移动。

    • They packed all their luggage into the small car, looking like sardines squeezed together.

      他们把所有行李都塞进了小车里,看起来像挤在一起的沙丁鱼。