the calm before the storm
/ðə ˌkɑːm bɪˌfɔː ðə ˈstɔːm/NEUTRAL · C1
SA FILIPINO
Walang direktang katumbas
Literal na kahulugan: «ang katahimikan bago ang bagyo»
Kahulugan
a quiet period just before trouble or great activity
Tahimik na sandali bago ang gulo o matinding kaabalahan.
Mga halimbawa
- 1The office is quiet this morning, but it’s the calm before the storm: the auditors arrive at noon.
- 2The first week of the school holidays was the calm before the storm; then all four cousins came to stay.
- 3Enjoy the empty shop while you can — it’s the calm before the storm, and the sale starts at nine.
- 4Everyone slept well the night before the big move, but it was only the calm before the storm.
- 5Dad went very still when he opened the phone bill — the calm before the storm, we all knew.
Grammar
Karaniwan itong ginagamit pagkatapos ng be o feel like. Nananatili ang the bago ang dalawang noun, at noun dito ang calm.
Iba pang idiom tungkol sa panahon
Lahat ng 20 idiom at ang quiz ng paksa →take a rain checkmagalang na tumanggi sa paanyaya pero magmungkahi ng ibang arawevery cloud has a silver liningmay mabuting bagay sa bawat masamang sitwasyonweather the stormmakalampas sa mahirap na panahon nang walang malubhang pinsalacome rain or shineanuman ang mangyari, sa anumang kalagayanhave your head in the cloudsmaging mapangarapin at hindi praktikal mag-isipsteal your thunderumagaw ng atensiyon o papuring inaasahan ng ibang tao
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