0 a quiet or peaceful period before a period during which there is great activity, argument, or difficulty:
There is a calm just now; the calm before the storm.
Usually we have the calm before the storm; on this occasion we have had the storm before the calm.
But we must watch out - it could be the calm before the storm, because there is every sign of a storm brewing.
To me it looks like the calm before the storm.
Even if we took the report at face value, the present position is like the calm before the storm, or the last flush coming to a dying man's cheeks.
So, if by good fortune this is not yet a serious affliction, who can deny that, if nothing is done, this is only the calm before the storm?
There was no relaxation of our preparations throughout the whole of that period, and the calm, if it can be called a calm, was the calm before the storm.
However, it is usually the calm before the storm or in this case before the rainy season.
