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packed (in) like sardines

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[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./

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	{adj. phr.} ⁴⁶⁹

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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