packed in like sardines

Extremely crowded, as in I could barely breathe-we were packed in like sardines. This term, alluding to how tightly sardines are packed in cans, has been applied to human crowding since the late 1800s.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Luba	-	Russian, Ukrainian
Cates	[keits]
Anssi	AHNS-see	Finnish
Kathi	KATH-ee	English
Fanny	['fæni]
Seong	sung	Korean