packed like sardines

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Etymology

Sardines tightly packed into cans ready to be sealed.

Referring to sardines packed closely together in a tin (or can).[1]

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packed like sardines (not comparable)

  1. (simile, informal) Densely packed; tightly squeezed together; crammed.
    I'm pretty claustrophobic, so I didn't wanna hop in the elevator with them all packed like sardines in there.
    • 2022 March 23, “Network News: Passengers Unwilling to be ‘Packed Like Sardines’”, in Rail, number 953, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 22:
      Passengers are no longer "willing to be packed into trains like sardines", says London TravelWatch.

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