so still you could hear a pin drop

so still you could hear a pin drop
so still you could hear a pin drop & so quiet you could hear a pin drop
Fig. very quiet. (Also with

can.

) •

When I came into the room, it was so still you could hear a pin drop. Then everyone shouted, “Happy birthday!”

Please be quiet. Be so quiet you can hear a pin drop.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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