calm before the storm

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Noun

the calm before the storm (plural calms before storms)

1. (idiomatic) A period of peace before a disturbance or crisis; an unnatural or false calm before a storm.

   The meeting may be peaceful now, but this is only the calm before the storm.

   • 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Crow's Nest:

     Calm before the storm, Marines. Enjoy it.

Translations

peace before a disturbance or crisis

• Arabic: الْهُدُوء الَّذِي يَسْبِق الْعَاصِفَةَ (al-hudūʔ allaḏī yasbiq al-ʕāṣifata)
• Belarusian: заці́шша пе́рад бу́рай n (zacíšša pjérad búraj)
• Bulgarian: зати́шие пред бу́ря n (zatíšie pred búrja)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 暴風雨前的平靜／暴风雨前的平静 (bàofēngyǔ qián de píngjìng)

• Czech: ticho před bouří n
• Danish: stilhed før stormen c
• Dutch: stilte voor de storm f
• Estonian: vaikus enne tormi
• Finnish: tyyni myrskyn edellä
• French: calme avant la tempête m
• German: Ruhe vor dem Sturm f
• Greek: η νηνεμία πριν την καταιγίδα (i ninemía prin tin kataigída)
• Hebrew: השקט שלפני הסערה m (hashéket shelifnéy haseará)
• Hindi: तूफ़ान के पहले की शांति f (tūfān ke pahle kī śānti)
• Hungarian: vihar előtti csend
• Icelandic: lognið á undan storminum n
• Irish: cothú na doininne m, ciúnas roimh an doineann m
• Italian: quiete prima della tempesta f
• Japanese: 嵐の前の静けさ (ja) (あらしのまえのしずけさ, arashi no mae no shizukesa)
• Korean: 폭풍 전야 (暴風前夜) (pokpung jeonya, literally “night before the storm”)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stille før stormen

• Polish: cisza przed burzą (pl) f
• Portuguese: calmaria antes da tempestade f
• Russian: зати́шье пе́ред бу́рей n (zatíšʹje péred búrej)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: за́тӣшје пре̏д буру n

  Roman: zátīšje prȅd buru n

• Slovak: ticho pred búrkou n
• Spanish: calma que precede a la tormenta f, calma antes de la tormenta f
• Swedish: lugnet före stormen n
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: fırtına öncesi sessizlik
• Ukrainian: зати́шшя пе́ред бу́рею n (zatýššja péred búreju), передгро́ззя n (peredhrózzja)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can