Hear A Pin Drop

Welcome to English in a minute.

If you have heard American Englishor watched an American TV show,you probably have heard this:

Hear a pin drop.

What does this phrase mean?

Let’s see whether we can find out by listening to an American English conversation.

I can’t believe he said that.

And then the room was so quiet.

Nobody said a word.

Really?

Yeah,I mean it was so quiet.

You could hear a pin drop.

Pins are small and don’t make noise when they fall to the floor.

So when you say , you can “hear a pin drop,” it means that the room is silent.

Usually, that’s because the people are surprised or excited about something.

And that’s English in a minute.