you can hear a pin drop

you can hear a pin drop
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You could have heard a pin drop when the manager announced that he was leaving — no one wanted to say the wrong thing.


Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов. 2013.

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  • so quiet you can hear a pin drop — very quiet, very still    The teacher said, Class, try to be so quiet you can hear a pin drop …   English idioms

  • you could hear a pin drop — (you) could hear a pin drop to be extremely quiet. The new sound proof lab is so well designed, you can hear a pin drop. You could have heard a pin drop for a full minute after every song and then the audience would clap wildly …   New idioms dictionary

  • hear a pin drop — If there is complete silence in a room, you can hear a pin drop …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • hear a pin drop —    If there is complete silence in a room, you can hear a pin drop.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Hear a pin drop —   If there is complete silence in a room, you can hear a pin drop …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • could hear a pin drop — (you) could hear a pin drop to be extremely quiet. The new sound proof lab is so well designed, you can hear a pin drop. You could have heard a pin drop for a full minute after every song and then the audience would clap wildly …   New idioms dictionary

  • pin n — It s quiet in a bowling alley because you can hear a pin drop …   English expressions

  • hear — W1S1 [hıə US hır] v past tense and past participle heard [hə:d US hə:rd] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(hear sounds/words etc)¦ 2¦(listen to somebody/something)¦ 3¦(be told something)¦ 4¦(in court)¦ 5 have heard of somebody/something 6 not hear the last of somebody… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • hear — verb past tense and past participle heard /h:d/ 1 HEAR SOUNDS/WORDS ETC (intransitive, transitive not in progressive) to know that a sound is being made, using your ears: Did you hear that noise? | I called his name, but he pretended not to hear …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • pin — pin1 S3 [pın] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(for joining/fastening)¦ 2¦(jewellery)¦ 3¦(electrical)¦ 4¦(bowling)¦ 5 you could hear a pin drop 6¦(part of bomb)¦ 7¦(golf)¦ 8 for two pins I d ... 9 pins ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • pin — 1 noun (C) 1 FOR CLOTH a short thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end, used especially for fastening together pieces of cloth while making clothes 2 JEWELLERY a) AmE an attractively shaped piece of metal, sometimes containing jewels,… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English


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