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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