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　　As quiet as a mouse

　　Definition: Extremely quiet, doesn't talk much.

　　【世博精解】

　　和老鼠一样安静，指非常安静，没什么声音，主要用于形容人的寡言少语。The little girl is as quiet as a mouse.这个小姑娘很安静。近似的表达法有She is a girl of few words.她不怎么说话。和老鼠有关的成语还有一些，与quiet as a mouse像类似的有poor as a church mouse，表示一贫如洗。原来教堂的老鼠很吃不开呀。

　　Example dialog:

　　Jim: I’ll never send my kid brother to any blind date again! It always ended up with the girl’s comments like“I’m wondering why he was just sitting out there as quiet as a mouse”

　　Jim:我再也不安排我小弟弟去约会了，最后哪些女孩总是说“我真搞不懂他干嘛总是安静地坐在哪儿。”

　　John: Good thing is that those girls were not wondering why Mike appeared always as poor as a church mouse.

　　John:好在这些女孩们没奇怪Mike怎么总是看起来一贫如洗的样子。