idiomatimethatseemsquietbut will verysoonbefollowedby somethingunpleasanthappening:暴风雨前的宁静Thingsseemquietin theofficerightnow, but this is just thelullbefore thestorm.眼下办公室里一切似乎都很平静,但这只是暴风雨前的宁静。SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesPeaceful and tranquil
balm
beatitude
consonance
coolness
dust
non-militant
peaceable
peaceably
peaceful
peacefully
peacefulness
quietness
sequestered
sleepiness
sleepy
soothing
soothingly
the calm before the stormidiom
the dust settlesidiom
tranquil
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Examplesofthe lull before the storm
the lull before the stormThat said, it is almost a case ofthelullbeforethestorm.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0It is expected that we could have up to 100 cases in the first year, and we are probably approaching the end ofthelullbeforethestorm.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0It isthelullbeforethestorm.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/lull-before-the-storm##