| 单词 | calm before the storm |
| 释义 | > as lemmascalm before the storm (also tempest) figurative. calm before the storm (also tempest) and variants: a period of tranquillity or stability viewed as a precursor to a time of difficulty, upheaval, frenzied activity, etc. ΚΠ 1602 C. Sutton Disce Vivere ix. 192 What is our peace, but a calme before a tempest? 1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 586 Storms and Calms (especially with reference to the State of the Soul) doe always follow one another;..a Calm before a Storm is commonly a Peace of a man's own making; but a Calm, after a Storm, a Peace of God's. 1754 Moore's Vox Stellarum 15 We may expect..Health and Felicity in general to Mankind: But I fear this something like a Calm before a Storm. 1815 J. McQueen Campaigns 312 A deep silence seemed to overspread France... The silence which then prevailed, was the calm before the storm. 1914 B. H. Clark Continental Drama of To-day 204 Everything is so apparently calm for the remainder of the act. We feel instinctively that this is the calm before the tempest. 1961 A. Wesker Kitchen 34 There is less activity in the kitchen now, the calm before the storm. 1998 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 5 Jan. 1 d It was the calm before the storm. Gabriela wailed through the night, and the next morning. < as lemmas |
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