you could hear the grass grow(ing)
you could hear the grass grow(ing)
It is so still or quiet that one would be able to hear even the tiniest, imperceptible sounds. I reckon you could hear the grass growing in the awkward silence that followed that dreadful performance.
See also: could, grass, hear
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- hear from
- hear from (one)
- you could have heard a pin drop
- you could hear a pin drop
- could hear a pin drop
- hear a pin drop, can
- hear (one) loud and clear
- fancy that
- Fancy that!
- hear through