quiet as a mouse

quiet as a mouse
((as) quiet (silent или still) as a mouse)
тихий как мышь; затаившись как мышь

She looks as quiet as a mouse. There's something rather striking about her, though. (G. Eliot, ‘Adam Bede’, ch. V) — Она тихая и незаметная, как мышка. И все же есть в ней что-то очень привлекательное.

Lanny kept as still as a mouse, answering only when he was spoken to. (U. Sinclair, ‘Between Two Worlds’, ch. 19) — Ланни затаился как мышь и говорил только тогда, когда к нему обращались.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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