The calm before the storm is the strange quiet just before trouble breaks loose. This is the calm before the storm, enjoy the calm before the storm.
It is only ever recognised for what it is afterwards, or by somebody who knows what is coming. The weather behind it is real, since air often goes still ahead of a front.
1phrasethe calm before the stormThe strange quiet just before trouble breaks loose.
“The empty ward at four was the calm before the storm.”
the calm before the storm is a phrase.
Also accepted in games: calm before the storm
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