one could hear a pin drop

Phrase

 * 1)  Extremely quiet, for example, as during a lull in a normally bustling place or scene, or at a sudden dramatic or tense moment.

Translations

 * Finnish: hiirenhiljainen
 * French:, on entendait les mouches voler
 * German: man konnte eine Stecknadel fallen hören
 * Romanian: nu se auzi nici musca
 * Russian: слы́шно, как му́ха пролети́т
 * Swedish: man kunde höra en nål falla