packed like sardines

Etymology


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

Adjective

 * 1)  Densely packed; tightly squeezed together; crammed.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: kuin sillit suolassa
 * French:, ,
 * Galician: como sardiñas en banastra
 * German: dicht gedrängt wie die Sardinen, wie die Ölsardinen
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: сти́снати ка́ко сарди́ни, зби́ени ка́ко сарди́ни
 * Norman: patchi coumme des sardinnes, sèrré coumme des sardinnes
 * Polish: jak śledzie w beczce
 * Romanian: înghesuit ca sardinele
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: apretados como sardinas, apretadas como sardinas, como sardinas en lata
 * Swedish: som packade sardiner, som packade sillar
 * Vietnamese: chật cứng