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 ...

Visitors are packed like sardines in a pool at a tourist resort in Sichuan province, China. Photo: Reuters. We use the expression 'packed like sardines' to describe people in a very crowded space.

"What worries me most is that when you pack people in like sardines you are sowing the seeds of antisocial behaviour, as well as putting pressure on our roads and infrastructure. "I'm very fearful ...

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 ...

“They are packed in there like sardines.” The stadium has 7,700 seats, and people were standing on the baseball field and in the stands. Some vendors set up in front of Ed Smith Stadium were ...