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
Murchadh-Irish, Scottish
Prabhakara-Hinduism
ImreEEM-reHungarian
SuksukKorean
Grigol-Georgian
Annettea-NET (French), ə-NET (English)French, English, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch