How do you use "packed like sardines" in a sentence?

The Tube was packed like sardines this morning. We were packed like sardines on that flight. The venue was packed like sardines.

packed like sardines

crowded very tightly together So crowded that people are pressed tightly against each other, like sardines in a tin.

Slang Term BritishAmericanAustralian Unknown informal

Significado: crowded very tightly together

挤得像沙丁鱼一样

apretados como sardinas en lata

すし詰め状態

콩나물시루처럼 빽빽한

So crowded that people are pressed tightly against each other, like sardines in a tin.

拥挤到人们紧紧挤在一起，就像罐头里的沙丁鱼一样。

Tan abarrotado que la gente va apretada unas contra otras, como sardinas en una lata.

人々が缶詰のイワシのようにぎゅうぎゅうに詰め込まれているほど混んでいること。

통조림 속 정어리처럼 사람들이 서로 몸이 닿을 정도로 빽빽하게 밀집한 상태.

The Tube was packed like sardines this morning.
今早地铁挤得像沙丁鱼罐头一样。
El metro iba esta mañana como sardinas en lata.
今朝の地下鉄はすし詰め状態だった。
오늘 아침 지하철은 콩나물시루였다.
We were packed like sardines on that flight.
那趟航班我们挤得像沙丁鱼。
Íbamos como sardinas en lata en ese vuelo.
あのフライトではすし詰めだった。
그 비행기에서 우리는 콩나물시루처럼 빽빽하게 탔다.
The venue was packed like sardines.
会场挤得水泄不通。
El local estaba abarrotado.
会場はぎゅうぎゅう詰めだった。
행사장은 발 디딜 틈도 없었다.

Contexto: transport, crowds

Tono: complaining

Describe overcrowding
描述极度拥挤时使用
para describir aglomeraciones
ひどい混雑を表現するとき
극심한 혼잡을 묘사할 때

For mild crowding
不用于轻微拥挤的情况
No se usa para aglomeraciones leves
少し混んでいる程度には使わない
약간 붐비는 정도에 대해

From the way sardines are tightly packed in tins. Applied to crowded transport since the 19th century.

Era: timeless

Generation: all ages

Social background: all