For a better experience on your device, try our mobile site. BBC UKChina 手机版 Visitors are packed like sardines in a pool at a tourist resort in Sichuan province. Photo: Reuters. 今日短语 ...

短语 packed like sardines 字面意思是挤得像罐头里的沙丁鱼，也就是形容在人多的场合下，拥挤不堪的场面，就像图中所示。 今日小常识 There is evidence that Egyptians practised swimming as early as 2500 BCE. In Greece and Rome swimming was an important part ...

短语 packed like sardines 字面意思是挤得像罐头里的沙丁鱼，也就是形容在人多的场合下，拥挤不堪的场面，就像图中所示。 今日小常识 There is evidence ...

If you think your commute is a living hell, then spare a thought for these subway passengers in Tokyo. Packed like sardines into sweaty, claustrophobic carriages, these passengers can barely breathe ...

However, there appears to be a new twist in this statement – and a whole new meaning to being “packed like sardines”. It’s a phrase travellers often use when every seat on their flight is ...

From this point of view it seems that one cannot fit a knife between two planes in the crammed hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, where sailors perform maintenance ...

The international section too is blemished by this inclination to pack everything into a limited space like the proverbial sardines, irrespective of the quality and eminence of the artist. Can Rodin, ...

Anyone expecting a repeat of the ample elbow room on many cruises last summer should prepare. The crowds are back at sea. Cruise lines are seeing occupancy levels above 100% on many ships, largely ...

K Gayathri, chairman of School Management Committee, said, "Students are packed like sardines inside classrooms. The heat is too much and children tire out very fast owing to perspiration.