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
Tsubametsoo-bah-meJapanese (Rare)
Alease-English
Vincentas-Lithuanian
Pranav-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
LazarusLAZ-ər-əs (English)Biblical, Biblical Latin
Hiawathahie-ə-WAHTH-ə (English)History, Native American, Iroquois