no room
Cannot fit more
No room means insufficient space, either literally or figuratively.
A crowded elevator has no room for more passengers.
A packed schedule has no room for spontaneity.
There's no room for error means mistakes can't be tolerated.
No room at the inn alludes to the nativity story but applies to any situation where someone is turned away for lack of space.
- crampedUncomfortably lacking space
- crowdedFilled beyond comfort
- fullMaximum extent reached
- full houseTriplet and pair combined
- packedFilled to capacity
packed like sardines · tight · squeezed · squeeze in · overflow · stuffed · bursting · bursting at seams · claustrophobic · can't breathe · sardines · elbow · jammed · at capacity · occupied · suffocating · congested · standing
- exclusionexclude, excluded, rule out, banned, bans
- nativitynativity set, baby Jesus, Christ child, Bethlehem, Mary
- Posadaspilgrims, Mary and Joseph, door knocking, inn, innkeeper