"calm before the storm" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-calm before the storm.ogg [Australia] Forms: the calm before the storm [canonical], calms before storms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|calms before storms|def=1}} 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. Wikipedia link: Calm Before the Storm Tags: idiomatic Translations (peace before a disturbance or crisis): الْهُدُوء الَّذِي يَسْبِق الْعَاصِفَةَ (al-hudūʔ allaḏī yasbiq al-ʕāṣifata) (Arabic), заці́шша пе́рад бу́рай (zacíšša pjérad búraj) [neuter] (Belarusian), зати́шие пред бу́ря (zatíšie pred búrja) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 暴風雨前的平靜 (Chinese Mandarin), 暴风雨前的平静 (bàofēngyǔ qián de píngjìng) (Chinese Mandarin), ticho před bouří [neuter] (Czech), stilhed før stormen [common-gender] (Danish), stilte voor de storm [feminine] (Dutch), vaikus enne tormi (Estonian), tyyni myrskyn edellä (Finnish), calme avant la tempête [masculine] (French), Ruhe vor dem Sturm [feminine] (German), η νηνεμία πριν την καταιγίδα (i ninemía prin tin kataigída) (Greek), השקט שלפני הסערה (hashéket shelifnéy haseará) [masculine] (Hebrew), तूफ़ान के पहले की शांति (tūfān ke pahle kī śānti) [feminine] (Hindi), vihar előtti csend (Hungarian), lognið á undan storminum [neuter] (Icelandic), cothú na doininne [masculine] (Irish), ciúnas roimh an doineann [masculine] (Irish), quiete prima della tempesta [feminine] (Italian), 嵐の前の静けさ (arashi no mae no shizukesa) (alt: あらしのまえのしずけさ) (Japanese), stille før stormen (Norwegian Bokmål), cisza przed burzą [feminine] (Polish), calmaria antes da tempestade [feminine] (Portuguese), зати́шье пе́ред бу́рей (zatíšʹje péred búrej) [neuter] (Russian), за́тӣшје пре̏д буру [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), zátīšje prȅd buru [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), ticho pred búrkou [neuter] (Slovak), calma que precede a la tormenta [feminine] (Spanish), calma antes de la tormenta [feminine] (Spanish), lugnet före stormen [neuter] (Swedish), fırtına öncesi sessizlik (Turkish), зати́шшя пе́ред бу́рею (zatýššja péred búreju) [neuter] (Ukrainian), передгро́ззя (peredhrózzja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
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      "word": "calma antes de la tormenta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "peace before a disturbance or crisis",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lugnet före stormen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "peace before a disturbance or crisis",
      "word": "fırtına öncesi sessizlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zatýššja péred búreju",
      "sense": "peace before a disturbance or crisis",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "зати́шшя пе́ред бу́рею"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "peredhrózzja",
      "sense": "peace before a disturbance or crisis",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "передгро́ззя"
    }
  ],
  "word": "calm before the storm"
}

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