"one could hear a pin drop" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1967, Tommy Faile (lyrics and music), “Phantom 309”, performed by Red Sovine",
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        "(idiomatic) Extremely quiet, for example, as during a lull in a normally bustling place or scene, or at a sudden dramatic or tense moment."
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          "word": "so quiet you can hear a pin drop"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "hiirenhiljainen"
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          "word": "entendre les mouches voler"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "word": "on entendait les mouches voler"
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          "lang": "German",
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          "word": "man konnte eine Stecknadel fallen hören"
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          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "word": "nu se auzi nici musca"
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          "word": "man kunde höra en nål falla"
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      "word": "so quiet you can hear a pin drop"
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      "word": "entendre les mouches voler"
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      "word": "on entendait les mouches voler"
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      "word": "man konnte eine Stecknadel fallen hören"
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