you could hear a pin drop

:  the one or ones being addressed — compare thee, thou, ye, your, yours

:  one

: past tense ofcan

: used in auxiliary function in the past , in the past conditional , and as an alternative to can suggesting less force or certainty or as a polite form in the present

:  to perceive or become aware of by the ear

:  to gain knowledge of by hearing

:  to listen to with attention :  heed

:  a piece of solid material (such as wood or metal) used especially for fastening things together or as a support by which one thing may be suspended from another

:  the center peg of a target

:  the center itself

:  to fasten, join, or secure with a pin

:  to hold fast or immobile

:  to present (a young woman) with a fraternity pin as a pledge of affection

:  of or relating to a pin

:  having a grain suggesting the heads of pins

:  the quantity of fluid that falls in one spherical mass

:  a dose of medicine measured by drops

:  a minute quantity or degree of something nonmaterial or intangible

:  to fall in drops

:  to fall (see ¹fall 1a) unexpectedly or suddenly

:  to descend (see descend 1) from one line or level to another