Meaning
Totally silent, especially as produces an ominous or foreboding effect.
Examples
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.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What does the idiom ‘(as) silent as the grave’ mean?
The idiom ‘(as) silent as the grave’ means “to deal with a difficult situation without being harmed or damaged”
How do you use ‘(as) silent as the grave’ in a sentence?
Example usage of idiom ‘(as) silent as the grave’: Newspapers have weathered the storm of online information by providing news online themselves.