Yes, another idiom, packed in like sardines.
All along I only imagined the meaning but recently I got to experience it.
The other day I got into a bus and got down at Vijayanagar terminus which
is about 2.5 kms from my home in Madipakkam.
I've heard people talking about share-autos and how convenient(sic) they are.
Though there are buses a plenty, I saw an empty auto and the guy shouting, "Madipakkam,
Madipakkam".
I got into the auto thinking that I would be travelling like a Raja(king). Minutes thereafter
another three people got in. I was beginning to feel uncomfortable.
I said, "Let's go. Let's go." But no, it seems a passenger count of four would not be economical
for him. Finally the auto left with a total of eleven people. Two passengers on either side of the driver
and eight in the rear, in two rows.
I understood the meaning of packed in like sardines.
Share auto? I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole!!
All along I only imagined the meaning but recently I got to experience it.
The other day I got into a bus and got down at Vijayanagar terminus which
is about 2.5 kms from my home in Madipakkam.
I've heard people talking about share-autos and how convenient(sic) they are.
Though there are buses a plenty, I saw an empty auto and the guy shouting, "Madipakkam,
Madipakkam".
I got into the auto thinking that I would be travelling like a Raja(king). Minutes thereafter
another three people got in. I was beginning to feel uncomfortable.
I said, "Let's go. Let's go." But no, it seems a passenger count of four would not be economical
for him. Finally the auto left with a total of eleven people. Two passengers on either side of the driver
and eight in the rear, in two rows.
I understood the meaning of packed in like sardines.
Share auto? I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole!!
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