Idioms - part 6

Buy a pig in a poke

1) We just took the salesman's word that this copy machine worked and as a result our department bought a pig in a poke.

it means

We just took the salesman's word that this copy machine worked and as a result our department bought something without checking it.

2) I bought a pig in a poke. I guess I will never learn and now I have to spend a lot of money to repair that used car.

it means

I bought this used car without checking it first. I guess I will never learn and now I have to spend a lot of money to repair it.

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Packed like sardines

1)I went for an interview yesterday. There were so many candidates packed like sardines in the company's recruitment department that I don't think I will get that job.

it means

I went for an interview yesterday. There were so many candidates crowded in the company's recruitment department that I don't think I will get that job.

2) There were twenty people packed like sardines in that car.

it means

There were twenty people crowded in that car.

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