be packed like sardines

if people are packed like sardines, there are a large number of them in a small space There were twenty people packed like sardines into a van.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Columbus	[kə'lʌmbəəs]
Ania	AHN-yah (Polish)	Polish, Russian
Sindre	-	Norwegian
Antonia	ahn-TO-nyah (Italian, Spanish), an-TON-ee-ə (English), ahn-TO-nee-ah (German, Dutch), ahn-TAWN-yah (Polish)	Italian, Spanish, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Ancient Roma
ValÉRio	-	Portuguese
Nanette	[nə'net]