an extremely peaceful atmosphere right before any serious incident or crisis
a quiet and peaceful period of time before an argument or large activity
The family’s meeting on property dispute begins today and I’m just sitting down with a cup of coffee, enjoying the calm before the storm.
This is just the calm before the storm, when the kids get home from school this house will be chaos.
My mom gets really quiet when she is angry. We all know that it’s the calm before the storm and try to get out of her way before it hits.
Don’t under-estimate the Canadian wrestler it just the calm before the storm – I am sure that he will return with tremendous force and energy.
There is no origin for this idiom
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