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
ChaseCHAYSEnglish
Corettakə-RET-əEnglish
FrÍ&Eth;A-Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
GershomGUR-shahm (English)Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Assunta-Italian
AndersAHN-desh (Swedish), AHN-ders (Swedish, Danish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish