calm before the storm

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Noun

the calm before the storm (plural calms before storms)

(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

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