芋いもを洗あらうよう

expression, na-adjective

jam-packed; teeming; heaving with people

Idiomatic simile describing a place so crowded that people are packed together like potatoes being washed in a tub. Often used with 混雑する or 混んでいる.

• 夏なつの海かい水すい浴よく場じょうは芋いもを洗あらうような混こん雑ざつだった。

  The beach in summer was jam-packed with people.

• 通つう勤きんラッシュの電でん車しゃはまさに芋いもを洗あらうようだ。

  The rush-hour train is exactly like a can of sardines.