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Phrase(s): so still you could hear a pin drop [and] so quiet you could hear a pin drop
Fig. very quiet. (Also with can.) • When I came into the room, it was so still you could hear a pin drop. Then everyone shouted, "Happy birthday!" • Please be quiet. Be so quiet you can hear a pin drop.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs