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

See also:

so quiet you could have heard a pin drop
(one) could hear a pin drop
hear a pin drop, one/you could
(one) could have heard a pin drop
be quiet
Be quiet!
be (as) quiet as a grave
(as) quiet as a grave
be (as) quiet as a snowflake
snowflake

References in periodicals archive

Real estate activity is so quiet you could hear a pin drop right now but a recent off-market transaction in SoHo has made a little noise in this silent market.

$13m SoHo deal breaks the silence

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