1. (as) quiet as the grave: Totally silent, especially as produces an ominous or foreboding effect. (ಸ್ಮಶಾನ ಮೌನ)
E. g. I hate staying in my grandma's house. It gets as quiet as the grave at nighttime, and it really creeps me out.
2. So quiet you could hear a pin drop: Extremely quiet and still. (ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಮೌನ)
E. g. After the boss's outburst, the meeting room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
3. On the quiet (informal): secretly (ಗೌಪ್ಯವಾಗಿ)
E. g. His marriage broke up when his wife found out he'd been seeing someone else on the quiet.
4. Better keep still about it: Better keep quiet about it (ಅದರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಮೌನವಹಿಸಿದರೆ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದು)
A particular person ought not to tell about or discuss something. (The someone can stand for any person's name, any pronoun, or even the word someone meaning "you - know - who. " If there is no Someone had, the phrase is a mild admonition to keep quiet about something. )
E. g. Mary: I saw you with Bill last night.
Jane: You'd better keep quiet about it.
5. Let's go somewhere where it's (more) quiet. (ಎಲ್ಲಾದರು ಶಾಂತ ಪ್ರದೇಶಕ್ಕೆ ತೆರಳೋಣ. )
Let us continue our conversation where there is less noise or where we will not be disturbed. Tom: Hi, Mary. It's sure crowded here. Mary: Yes, let's go somewhere where it's quiet. Bill: We need to talk. Sally: Yes, we do. Let's go somewhere where it's more quiet.
6. Quiet down: to become quiet; to become less noisy. (ಸುಮ್ಮನಿರುವ; ಕಡಿಮೆ ಸಪ್ಪಳವಿರುವ)
E. g. Ask them to quiet down.
7. Be as quiet as a mouse: to be very quiet (ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಶಾಂತರಾಗಿರಲು)
E. g. She was as quiet as a mouse. I didn't even know she'd come in.
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