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entendre les mouches voler

/ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁə le muʃ vɔ.le/

verb/ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dʁə le muʃ vɔ.le/

to be immersed in complete silence

on entendait les mouches volerone could hear a pin drop

Literally, “to hear the flies fly”.