bumper to bumper
with so manycarsthat are soclosethat they arealmosttouchingeach other:
车子一辆接一辆By eight o'clock thetrafficwasbumpertobumper.到了8点钟，交通变得非常拥堵，车子一辆接一辆的。
too full of vehicles
- busyThe M4 is always busy.
- congestedTraffic is congested heading into and out of the city this morning.
- gridlockedChicago is one of the most gridlocked cities in America.
- backed upThere's an accident on the motorway and traffic is backed up for miles.
- bumper to bumperThe road is bumper to bumper as tourists flock up the coast.
- jammedTraffic is jammed up for miles.
On the road: traffic jams
- back
- backsomeoneup
- backed up
- bottleneck
- congested
- congestion
- gridlocked
- high-traffic
- jam
- rasta roko
- rush hour
- snarl-up
- sock
- socksomething/someonein (with sb)
- tail back
- tailback
- traffic
- traffic calming
- traffic jam
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bumper to bumper
withalmostnospacebetween onecarand the next in alineofcars:
Thetrafficwas bumper to bumper all the wayhome.
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There is a continual passage of vehicles of all kinds,bumpertobumper—heavy goods lorries as well as saloon cars—passing my door in both directions.
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I saw it estimated that if they were placedbumpertobumperthey would stretch for 1,000 miles.
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As aircraft land, passengers will realise that the snakes are millions of cars travellingbumpertobumper.
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With trafficbumpertobumperalong the main roads, residents seeking to emerge from the side roads in which they live find it virtually impossible to do so.
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But the grill, the rooflines and details on the bonnet and boot made for an integrated design frombumpertobumper.
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