not move a muscle

Idioms  

1. see move a muscle

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Example Sentences

And when the old Anfield songbook was dusted off in his honour early on, Gerrard did not move a muscle, standing drenched in a dark overcoat focussing fiercely on the action in front of him.

From BBC

Riss said he did not move a muscle as the gunmen continued firing and killing.

From The Guardian

"I remember a wasp got into the room and I could not move a muscle. I was petrified. I screamed, but I couldn't lift my hands to put the sheet over my head."

From BBC

Talley lays perfectly still in the middle of the night, awake and uncomfortable, doing her best to not move a muscle.

From Washington Post

“As the driver approached on foot, a ‘cold’ voice from behind a tree told the man to stop and not ‘move a muscle.’

From Seattle Times