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Meanings of hear a pin in English

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Usage of hear a pin in English
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It was so quiet in there, I could hear a pin drop.
The Guardian
2
The other girls got so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
God don't like ugly
3
We hear a pin count and out comes Truth as the new champion.
The South African
4
You could hear a pin drop in the City Circle now.
The Hunger Games
5
In five minutes the whole theater was hushed-youcould hear a pin drop.
With Our Soldiers in France
6
The Seventeen Little Bears were so still you could hear a pin drop.
Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes
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The whole room had grown so silent you could hear a pin drop.
Dead until dark
8
Then there is a universal hush, and you might hear a pin drop.
The Grand Old Man / Or, the Life and Public Services of the Righ...
9
And among all assembled there you could hear a pin drop.
Messer Marco Polo
10
There was silence so that you could hear a pin drop.
The Best Short Stories of 1921, and the Yearbook of the American...
11
The bookstore was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Faefever
12
And every single time you read the ending, you could hear a pin drop.
The Guardian
13
When they finished testifying, Valerie reports, "you could hear a pin drop".
Thanks For The Memories… The Truth Has Set Me Free!
14
It was so unexpected you could hear a pin drop.
The Irish Times
15
You could almost hear a pin drop, they were so chained by his eloquence.
The Bobbin Boy; or, How Nat Got His learning
16
It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
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United States of America
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