you could hear a pin drop.

[Ganesh]

he hall was full of people anxious to hear what the speaker was going to say and in the few seconds before he started it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
...you could hear a pin drop.......You couldn't OR You could..?

you could hear a pin drop..............That means you won't hear a drop of a pin...correct?

Ganesh

[Shyone]

No, it means exactly what it says; you could hear a pin drop because there was no other sound to be heard at that moment.
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[Ganesh]