quiet before the storm

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• quiet before the storm — When you know that something is about to go horribly wrong, but hasn t just yet, then you are in the quiet before the storm …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• (the) calm before the storm — the calm/lull/before the storm phrase a quiet time just before problems start Thesaurus: periods of quiet and calmsynonym general periods of timehyponym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

• the calm/lull before the storm — a period of quiet that comes before a time of activity, excitement, violence, etc. The college was quiet that morning, but it was the calm before the storm. Thousands of students would arrive later. • • • Main Entry: ↑storm …   Useful english dictionary

• (the) lull before the storm — the calm/lull/before the storm phrase a quiet time just before problems start Thesaurus: periods of quiet and calmsynonym general periods of timehyponym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

• the calm before the storm — the quiet time just before anger or an attack    The enemy is planning an attack. This is the calm before the storm …   English idioms

• (the) calm before the storm — a peaceful and quiet period before a period of activity or trouble. The family are arriving this afternoon so I m just sitting down with a cup of coffee, enjoying the calm before the storm …   New idioms dictionary

• lull before the storm —    A period of unnatural calm before a difficult time or violent activity is called the lull before the storm.     The sales start on January 1st. The quiet period before that is just the lull before the storm …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• calm before the storm — peaceful period of time before a tempest, time of peace and quiet before trouble occurs …   English contemporary dictionary

• The Year’s Best Horror Stories — The Year s Best Horror Stories war eine jährlich erscheinende Anthologie des US amerikanischen Verlags DAW Books. Als Donald A. Wollheim 1971 zusammen mit seiner Ehefrau Elsie diesen Verlag gründete, war unter den ersten Veröffentlichungen neben… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• storm — storm1 [ stɔrm ] noun ** 1. ) count an occasion when a lot of rain falls very quickly, often with very strong winds or THUNDER and LIGHTNING: A fierce storm hit the west coast of Florida early this morning. a storm breaks (=begins): A violent… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• storm — I UK [stɔː(r)m] / US [stɔrm] noun Word forms storm : singular storm plural storms ** 1) [countable] an occasion when a lot of rain falls very quickly, often with very strong winds or thunder and lightning a storm breaks (= begins): A violent… …   English dictionary