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Free sign upThe phrase "as a mouse" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to describe someone or something as being timid or quiet, similar to the behavior of a mouse.
Example: "She entered the room as a mouse, trying not to draw any attention to herself."
Alternatives: "like a mouse" or "as quiet as a mouse".
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Quiet as a mouse, unfailingly polite.
They're quiet as a mouse.
But it is quiet as a mouse.
"Quiet as a mouse," he replies.
I'm as quiet as a mouse in the shower!
The cat enters on the left, disguised as a mouse.
The secret: he's as quiet as a mouse, of course.
Off stage this genial man kept his private life quiet as a mouse.
She quotes Edmonde Charles-Roux, who called Grès "a dictator disguised as a mouse".
My favourite was in last weekend's show – a cat dressed as a mouse.
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