the silence is deafening
1. The utter lack of noise or sound is distracting, unpleasant, or uncomfortable. I lived my whole life in the city, so to me the silence is deafening out here in the countryside.
2. The lack of a sound that one expects is conspicuous or ominous by its absence. After Jim finished delivering his proposal at the meeting, the silence was deafening. Clearly, the board was not impressed.
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