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so quiet you could hear a pin drop

so quiet you could hear a pin drop

Extremely quiet and still. After the boss's outburst, the meeting room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Waiting to see what happened next in the play, everyone in the audience stayed so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
See also: could, drop, hear, pin, quiet

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Tatyannata-TYAN-əEnglish (Modern)
Akoni-Hawaiian
Oghenero-Western African, Urhobo
Karmela-Croatian
Teodorte-AW-dawr (Polish), TE-o-dor (Croatian)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Hungarian,
BarrieBAR-ee, BER-eeIrish, English
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