you could have heard a pin drop
something that you say in order to describe a situation where there was complete silence, especially because people were very interested or very surprised by what was happening:
Margaret's ex-husband turned up at the wedding. Honestly, you could have heard a pin drop.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Falling silent and not speaking
- bite
- clam
- gob
- have nothing to say for yourself idiom
- hear
- hold
- hold your tongue idiom
- incommunicado
- keep (yourself) to yourself
- keep your mouth shut idiom
- let sth rest idiom
- lost
- pipe down
- radio silence
- rest
- save your breath idiom
- silence
- speak
- tight-lipped
- unsaid
See more results »
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Silence & quiet