one could hear a pin drop

== English == === Alternative forms === so quiet you can hear a pin drop, so quiet one can hear a pin drop, so quiet one could hear a pin drop === Pronunciation === === Phrase === one could hear a pin drop (idiomatic) Extremely quiet, for example, as during a lull in a normally bustling place or scene, or at a sudden dramatic or tense moment. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “you could have heard a pin drop”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. “you could hear a pin drop” (US) / “you could hear a pin drop” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.