<span class="searchmatch">quiet</span> <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> church <span class="searchmatch">mouse</span> (<span class="searchmatch">as</span>) <span class="searchmatch">quiet</span> <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">mouse</span> (not comparable) (simile, idiomatic) Very <span class="searchmatch">quiet</span>, so <span class="searchmatch">as</span> to not be heard. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:<span class="searchmatch">quiet</span> very...
(<span class="searchmatch">as</span>) <span class="searchmatch">quiet</span> <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> church <span class="searchmatch">mouse</span> (not comparable) (simile, idiomatic) Alternative form of <span class="searchmatch">quiet</span> <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">mouse</span>. poor <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> church <span class="searchmatch">mouse</span>...
mute <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">mouse</span> (not comparable) (simile) Synonym of <span class="searchmatch">quiet</span> <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">mouse</span>....
+ stile. Compare German mäuschenstill, Dutch muisstil. müüslistile <span class="searchmatch">quiet</span> <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">mouse</span> 1966, Georg Thürer, “Im Landsgmei-Ring”, in Rund umme Blattetisch,...
From tyst (“<span class="searchmatch">quiet</span>, silent”) + som (“<span class="searchmatch">as</span>”) + en (“<span class="searchmatch">a</span>”) + mus (“<span class="searchmatch">mouse</span>”). tyst som en mus (not comparable) (simile) <span class="searchmatch">quiet</span> <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">mouse</span> dödstyst knäpptyst tyst...
phrase seems to be <span class="searchmatch">a</span> corruption of the even earlier expression “<span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">quiet</span> <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> church <span class="searchmatch">mouse</span>” from the 1300s. (<span class="searchmatch">as</span>) poor <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> church <span class="searchmatch">mouse</span> (not comparable)...
Ottoman Turkish صوسپوس, equivalent to sus(muş) + pus(muş). suspus silent and cowering; <span class="searchmatch">quiet</span> <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">mouse</span> “suspus”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu...
Compound of muis + stil. IPA(key): /mœy̯ˈstɪl/ Hyphenation: muis‧stil Rhymes: -ɪl muisstil (not comparable) <span class="searchmatch">quiet</span> <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">mouse</span> (completely silent, noiseless)...
IPA(key): [cɪxiː jako mɪʃka] tichý jako myška (simile) <span class="searchmatch">quiet</span> <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">mouse</span> This noun needs an inflection-table template....
siedzieć jak mysz pod miotłą Literally, “to sit <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">quiet</span> <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">mouse</span> under <span class="searchmatch">a</span> broom”. IPA(key): /ˈɕɛ.d͡ʑɛt͡ɕ ˈt͡ɕi.xɔ ˈjak ˈmɘʂ pɔd‿ˈmjɔ.twɔw̃/ Syllabification:...