quiet as a mouse

English

Alternative forms

• quiet as a church mouse

Pronunciation

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Adjective

(as) quiet as a mouse (not comparable)

1. (simile, idiomatic) Very quiet, so as to not be heard.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:quiet

Translations

very quiet

• Dutch: muisstil (nl)
• German: mäuschenstill

  Alemannic German: müüslistile, müüslistill

• Norwegian: stille som en mus
• Plautdietsch: muskjestell
• Polish: siedzieć cicho jak mysz pod miotłą (pl) impf, siedzieć jak mysz pod miotłą (pl) impf
• Swedish: tyst som en mus