packed like sardines

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• Received-Pronunciation: /pækt laɪk sɑːˈdiːnz/
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• General-American: /pækt laɪk sɑɹˈdinz/
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Referring to sardines packed closely together in a tin (or can).

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: kuin sillit suolassa — densely packed
• French: comme des sardines — densely packed
• French: comme des harengs en caque — densely packed
• French: comme harengs en caque — densely packed
• Galician: como sardiñas en banastra — densely packed
• German: dicht gedrängt wie die Sardinen — densely packed
• German: wie die Ölsardinen — densely packed
• Macedonian: сти́снати ка́ко сарди́ни (stísnati káko sardíni) — densely packed
• Macedonian: зби́ени ка́ко сарди́ни (zbíeni káko sardíni) — densely packed
• Norman: patchi coumme des sardinnes — densely packed
• Norman: sèrré coumme des sardinnes — densely packed
• Polish: jak śledzie w beczce — densely packed
• Portuguese: apinhado — densely packed
• Romanian: înghesuit ca sardinele — densely packed
• Russian: как се́льди в бо́чке (kak sélʹdi v bóčke) — densely packed
• Spanish: apretados como sardinas — densely packed
• Spanish: apretadas como sardinas — densely packed
• Spanish: como sardinas en lata — densely packed
• Swedish: som packade sardiner — densely packed
• Swedish: som packade sillar — densely packed
• Vietnamese: chật cứng — densely packed