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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as a drum" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in the expression "quiet as a drum," which means very quiet or silent.
Example: "During the meeting, everyone was as quiet as a drum, listening intently to the speaker."
Alternatives: "silent as a mouse" or "quiet as a church mouse."
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This is tight as a drum here.
Hilarious, tight as a drum and whip-smart.
It's tight as a drum at Royal Birkdale.
Soon it will be silent, but for now it's as loud as a drum.
After an hour or so, the barrel was tight as a drum.
Would fiberglass scrim, strung as a tight as a drum, work?
How, in effect, to envision her hand as a drum set.
It may feel ramshackle, but the script is as tight as a drum.
The show was tight as a drum, stripped of longeurs and entertaining, in a businesslike way.
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In town after town here, the official notion of tight-as-a-drum domestic security gives way to the reality of plugging holes in an open society.
I too am a privacy provider, however I have not poked the US Government by offering tight-as-a-drum encryption as a safe harbor.
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