Is there any idiom for describing an uncrowded/ a deserted place? ( I mean a place with few or no people in there.)
We say in Persian :
" not a single bird is/ was flying (there)".
( i.e. There is/ was so uncrowded/ vacant or empty/ deserted.)
Like in :
1- Yesterday I went to the movie theater but not a single bird was flying there in that time; actually I was the only audience!
2- My friend had invited me for dinner, when I arrived the main street, I noticed that not a single bird was flying there; it was so scary that I ran towards my friend's apartment hastily.
I have found "ghost town" for describing a town with few or no habitants, but I'm looking for an idiom or expression that could be used for describing other uncrowded/deserted places too.
Best Answer
I think the equivalent idiom in English would be to say not a soul was there. At least that would be the case in Britain.
I went to the cinema and, apart from me, there wasn't a soul there.
In the main street, there wasn't a soul. It was so scary.
And thanks to the comment of @ Preetie Sekhon, I have remembered it would be even more idiomatic to say, as regards the street. and there wasn't a soul to be seen. That doesn't work quite so well with the cinema, however. But @Elian's example of there wasn't a living soul would perhaps fit with either.