堵との如ごとし

expression

in crowds; in great numbers

Rare classical phrase describing a large gathering of people, like spectators filling a space. Appears in literary or historical contexts.

• 観かん客きゃくは堵との如ごとく集あつまったと、古ふるい記き録ろくにある。

  An old record says that spectators gathered in great numbers.