you could hear a pin drop

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   it was extremely quiet

   We get outside of Gander, and you could hear a pin drop.

In the movies · 1

• We get outside of Gander, and you could hear a pin drop.Come from Away2021
• You could hear a pin drop on that ship.Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief2015

Learn it in full scenes

• Come from Away2021
  • Gander Learns of the Emergency
  • Planes Land Unexpectedly in Gander
  • Gander Declares a State of Emergency

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• you hear
• hear the last of
• the last I heard
• be seeing things
• make your voice heard
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