Hi
I heard the following expression in a movie. I really could not get it fully. It was something like this:
Blind hero: Is the temple filled (with people)?
Child: “Packed like quills in a shawk” or "Packed like quick in a shot
“Packed like queer in a shark”
Something like this!!! :shock:
Is anyone aware of a simile of this kind?
Sorry for this immature question,but I am curious.
Tom
We have plenty of expressions like this, but I can’t come up with one that sounds similar to your guesses. Maybe it involved some creative play on words.
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After 30 pp of Google results, I give up too.
I thought, like Jamie, that there would be many sayings of the form ‘packed like… in…’, but Ms Google offers up 99% sardines, and nothing much else imaginative; certainly nothing that sounds like ‘quails in a squawk’ or ‘quills in a hawk’ or whatever.
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This got me curious and sent me on a hunt for some more imagery. The comparisons I found are useless to Tom, but I thought they were fun:
(The place was packed/full as/like)
turkeys on their way to an Adopt A Turkey sanctuary farm in upstate New York
a fish taco
a calzone
a Brazilian bikini
a supermarket before a hurricane
a mosh pit
a rich man’s fridge
a woman’s suitcase
vultures on a corpse
sushi
frozen food and battery hens
tuna in brine
a truck-stop diner at dawn.
herrings in a barrel
a cattle car
like sardines in a crushed tin box (I liked this version of the popular one)This one uses (most of) the proverbial phrases at once:
Like a can of sardines in a Tokyo subway car in Times Square at midnight on New Year’s Eve.Like this forum on the evening of March 26th(That last one is the only one I made up!) :roll:
Many thanks to Jamie, Mister.Micawber and Conchita for all your interest and effort for my query!
I tried again and I give up with/ on the given one:
Hero: Is the temple filled?
Child: Packed like quiver to the archer!
(and the child did have a quiver fastened to his back then)
Do you think it sounds logical? Could it be used as a simile in a movie based on a biblical story that dates back to 3000 years?
Please reply! I am curious!
Tom
Hi Tom
That sounds logical. It might just reflect the idea of the closeness of a quiver to an archer’s body and the comparison is appropriate to the context.
Amy
I listened to it again and if I am not mistaken, he said:
[color=red][size=150]Packed like wheat in a shock.[/size]
Is anyone aware of a simile like this?
Tom
Eureka! I first thought it could be ‘like wheat in a sock’. But there’s a definition of ‘shock’ that fits perfectly: a pile of sheaves of grain stacked upright in a field for drying.
So, there we have it, at last!
Hello MM
I wasn’t even courteous enough to tell you that I finally found the said expression. By the way, did you see it then? Do you find it reasonable enough?
Wheat in a shock
Tom
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Packed like wheat in a shock is a good simile, though a bit dated-- I doubt many people know what a shock of wheat is. But I had completely forgotten this thread.
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But people know what a shock of hair is.
What was the film?