Communication
hear a pin drop
be completely silent
To be so quiet that even the smallest sound can be heard.
Hear it in real life
Was the meeting noisy?
No, you could hear a pin drop.
When the final results were announced, you could hear a pin drop.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: When the results were announced, you could hear a pin fall down.
Say: When the results were announced, you could hear a pin drop.
The idiom uses “hear a pin drop” to describe complete silence.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
you could hear a pin drop; I can hear a pin drop
Your turn: say it out loud
When the final results were announced, you could hear a pin drop.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
hear a pin drop
be completely silent
“When the final results were announced, you could hear a pin drop.”
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