the calm before the storm

含义

a quiet period just before trouble or great activity

麻烦或忙碌到来前的平静.

例句

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.

语法

通常用在 be 或 feel like 之后。两个名词前都保留 the；这里的 calm 是名词。