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
Kishori-Indian, Marathi
HelmutHEL-moot (German)German, Ancient Germanic
Doru-Romanian
Vencel-Hungarian
FreyaFRAY-ah (Norse Mythology), FRAY-ə (English)Norse Mythology, English (British, Modern)
MÄRta-Swedish