calm before the storm

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the calm before the storm (plural calms before storms)

  1. (idiomatic) A period of peace before a disturbance or crisis; an unnatural or false calm before a storm.
    Synonym: lull before the storm
    The meeting may be peaceful now, but this is only the calm before the storm.

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