Chock-a-block
CHOK-uh-blok /ˌtʃɒkəˈblɒk/
Informal Neutral
What it really means
Completely full or very crowded — a road, a shop, a diary. Often shortened to "chocka": "town was chocka".
Chinese explanation
满满当当、非常拥挤——可以形容马路、商店或日程。常缩略为 chocka：town was chocka（城里挤爆了）。
Example conversation
A: How was the Christmas market?
B: Chock-a-block. We could barely move.
A：圣诞集市怎么样？
B：人挤人，我们几乎动不了。
What you could say back
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