pack someone or something (in) like sardines

pack someone or something (in) like sardines
pack someone or something (in) like sardines
Fig. to squeeze in as many people or things as possible. (From the way that many sardines are packed into a can.) •

They packed us in like sardines. There was no room to breathe.

They packed in the people like sardines.

Dave got a box and packed old negatives in like sardines.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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