| 释义 |
(as) silent as the graveTotally silent, especially as produces an ominous or foreboding effect. I knew something was wrong when I walked into the meeting room and all the members of the board were silent as the grave. I hate staying in my grandma's house. It gets as silent as the grave at nighttime, and it really creeps me out. silent (or quiet) as the grave very quiet.(as) ˌsilent as the ˈgrave without any noise at all: The playground, which had been filled with the noises of children at play, suddenly became silent as the grave. |