英语词汇you could have heard a pin drop的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	you could have heard a pin drop
词源	you could have heard a pin drop. An expression synony- mous with complete silence. The saying probably dates back to at least the late 18th century. Pin-drop silence is a synonym. “A pin-drop silence strikes o’er the place” Leigh Hunt wrote in The Story of Rimini (1816).
随便看	if you ain’t the lead horse the scenery never changes if you can make it in new york you can make it anywhere if you can’t lick ’em join ’em if you can’t say something nice don’t say anything at all if you can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen if you don’t do you’re gonna get done if you don’t like the weather just wait a minute if you need anything just whistle if you peel that onion a little farther if you want god to laugh tell him your plans if you want peace prepare for war if you’ve got the money honey i’ve got the time ignoramus ignorance is bliss ignore i gotta million of ’em i have but one answer i don’t know i have found it i have lost a day i have not yet begun to fight ihs i laughed till i cried il canzoniere iliad i like ike

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