English-Swedish translations for calm before the storm

• lugnet före stormen ett
  Då blir Danmarks succé vid toppmötet i Köpenhamn bara lugnet före stormen.Denmark's success at the Copenhagen Summit would then merely be the calm before the storm.
  Vi får passa oss så att det inte är lugnet före stormen, ty tecknen pekar på storm!But we must watch out - it could be the calm before the storm, because there is every sign of a storm brewing.

Definition of calm before the storm

• A period of peace before a disturbance or crisis; an unnatural or false calm before a storm

Examples

• The meeting may be peaceful now, but this is only the calm before the storm

Related words

• the calm before the storm
• be becalmed
• become calm
• becalm
• becalmed