the calm before the storm
/ðə ˌkɑːm bɪˌfɔː ðə ˈstɔːm/NEUTRAL · C1
中文對應近似對應
暴風雨前的寧靜
意思
a quiet period just before trouble or great activity
麻煩或忙碌到來前的平靜.
例句
- 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.
文法
通常用在 be 或 feel like 之後。兩個名詞前都保留 the;這裡的 calm 是名詞。
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