2001., Literacy and the Second Language Learner, JoAnn Hammadou Sullivan
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Spanish Idiom: no oír ni el vuelo de una mosca
Les dije a los nuevos estudiantes que no hablaran durante el examen, pero no esperaba el absoluto silencio que mantuvieron durante los 50 minutos del examen. No se oía ni el vuelo de una mosca. Quedé bien impresionada y decidí decirles que estudiaran español tres horas diarias a ver si eso tendría el mismo resultado.
Translation: you could hear a pin drop
I told the new students not to talk during the exam, but I didn’t expect the absolute silence they maintained for the 50 minutes of the exam. You could have heard a pin drop. I was very impressed and decided to tell them to study their Spanish for three hours a day to see if that would bring the same result.
