Pin Drop

Can you hear a pin drop?

What is the meaning of pin-drop silence?

Here are some instances, when silence could speak louder than voice.

Field Marshal Sam Bahadur Maneckshaw once started addressing a public meeting at Ahmedabad in English.

The crowd started chanting, "Speak in Gujarati. 

We will hear you only if you speak in Gujarati."

Field Marshal Sam Bahadur Maneckshaw stopped.

Swept the audience with a hard stare and replied,

"Friends, I have fought many a battle in my long career. 

I have learned Punjabi from men of the Sikh Regiment;

Marathi from the Maratha Regiment;

Tamil from the men of the Madras Sappers;

Bengali from the men of the Bengal Sappers,

Hindi from the Bihar Regiment; and

Even Nepali from the Gurkha Regiment. 

Unfortunately, there was no soldier from Gujarat from whom I could have learned Gujarati."...

You could have heard a pin drop.