pack in

[ostap77]

"This movie is going to be packing in a lot people."

If something attracts people, can I say "it's packing in" or "it's packing in a lot of people"?

 

[Rover_KE]

You can say "it's packing in a lot of people" or "it's packing them in".

Rover

 

[vil]

Hi Ostap77,

I beg your pardon for my breaking in your conversation but in my humble opinion there are two different connotations of the expression in question.

1. pack in = attract a large number of

The new music group is packing the crowds in. - The new group gathered crowd. - На новую группу собираются толпы.

2. pack it in = stop, throw (work)

Why don't you pack in, before you kill yourself. (M. Lampell) - Why do not you stop before you kill yourself?- Почему бы тебе не остановиться до того, как ты убьёшь себя?

She didn't like her new job at all and was thinking of packing it in. - She did not like her new job, and she thought to leave. - Ей не нравилась её новая работа, и она думала уйти.

I consider it as very paradoxical.

Really, English is a very strange language.

V.

 

[Rover_KE]

Really, English is a very strange language.

Sorry.

Rover

 

[ostap77]

Hi Ostap77,

I beg your pardon for my breaking in your conversation but in my humble opinion there are two different connotations of the expression in question.

1. pack in = attract a large number of

The new music group is packing the crowds in. - The new group gathered crowd. - На новую группу собираются толпы.

2. pack it in = stop, throw (work)

Why don't you pack in, before you kill yourself. (M. Lampell) - Why do not you stop before you kill yourself?- Почему бы тебе не остановиться до того, как ты убьёшь себя?

She didn't like her new job at all and was thinking of packing it in. - She did not like her new job, and she thought to leave. - Ей не нравилась её новая работа, и она думала уйти.

I consider it as very paradoxical.

Really, English is a very strange language.

V.

Guess pack in is more BE. I would use "pack up" to say "stop working"?