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.

Translations

peace before a disturbance or crisis

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 暴風雨前的平靜, 暴风雨前的平静 (bàofēngyǔ qián de píngjìng)
Dutch: stilte voor de storm f
Estonian: vaikus enne tormi
Finnish: tyyni myrskyn edellä, tyyni ennen myrskyä
French: calme avant la tempête m
German: Ruhe vor dem Sturm f
Greek: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: השקט שלפני הסערה‎
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: vihar előtti csend
Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
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) (Arashi no mae no shizukesa)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} stille før stormen c
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
Spanish: la calma que precede a la tormenta n
Swedish: lugnet före stormen n
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: fırtına öncesi sessizlik
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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