quiet as a mouse



quiet as a mouse

Also, still as a mouse. Silent, without noise, as in She sneaked into the house, quiet as a mouse, or When he heard the news he was still as a mouse. The first of these similes dates from the mid-1500s, the second from the 1300s.
See also: mouse, quiet

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
BoglÁRka-Hungarian
XenaZEE-nəPopular Culture
Jocelynezho-sə-LEENFrench
Leticiale-TEE-thyah (Spanish), le-TEE-syah (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
Jarmila-Czech, Slovak
Terezija-Slovene, Croatian