hear a pin drop, can
could hear a pin drop
Could hear nothing at all because it was completely 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
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
hear a pin drop, can
Be able to hear even the smallest noise because of the quiet, as in When he came onstage you could have heard a pin drop. This hyperbolic expression dates from the early 1800s.
See also: can, hear, pin
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- could hear a pin drop
- you could have heard a pin drop
- you could hear a pin drop
- you could hear the grass grow(ing)
- curse (someone) under (one's) breath
- hear from
- hear from (one)
- mutter
- mutter (something) under (one's) breath
- fancy that