the calm before the storm

Nghĩa

a quiet period just before trouble or great activity

Khoảng yên ắng ngay trước rắc rối hoặc lúc bận rộn.

Ví dụ

1. 1The office is quiet this morning, but it’s the calm before the storm: the auditors arrive at noon.
2. 2The first week of the school holidays was the calm before the storm; then all four cousins came to stay.
3. 3Enjoy the empty shop while you can — it’s the calm before the storm, and the sale starts at nine.
4. 4Everyone slept well the night before the big move, but it was only the calm before the storm.
5. 5Dad went very still when he opened the phone bill — the calm before the storm, we all knew.

Ngữ pháp

Thường đứng sau be hoặc feel like. Giữ the trước cả hai danh từ; ở đây calm là danh từ.