I know many indie authors are poor as church mice, but still, don't go cheap on your covers. (madgeniusclub.com)
Then it all went quieter than the proverbial church mouse a few months before release date and by the time it reached the stores in 2010, it wasn't so much with a bang as with a whimper quieter than a stoic, larynx-less hound. (gameondaily.com)