"quiet as a mouse" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-quiet as a mouse.ogg Forms: quiet as a church mouse [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-|head=(as) quiet as a mouse}} (as) quiet as a mouse (not comparable)
  1. (simile, idiomatic) Very quiet, so as to not be heard. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Synonyms: quiet Translations (very quiet): muisstil (Dutch), mäuschenstill (German), müüslistile [Alemannic-German] (German), müüslistill [Alemannic-German] (German), stille som en mus (Norwegian), muskjestell (Plautdietsch), siedzieć cicho jak mysz pod miotłą [imperfective] (Polish), siedzieć jak mysz pod miotłą [imperfective] (Polish), tyst som en mus (Swedish)

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