calm before the storm
Noun
Meaning
the calm before the storm (plural calms before storms)
(idiomatic) A period of peace before a disturbance or crisis; an unnatural or false calm before a storm.
The meeting may be peaceful now, but this is only the calm before the storm.
Examples
Temporary safety is not the same as long-term security. A false sense of security is like the calm before the storm.
I couldn't have asked for a better kid. She's our own little Buddha baby so far. I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop to tell you the truth. It's like the calm before the storm.
A bit of calm before the storm…
Calm Before the Storm: Fatigued BLM Firefighters taking a break after a fire in Oregon in 2008 * Firefighting.
"It's the calm before the storm," she said.
The Official Tumblr of Riverdale on The CW - The calm before the storm.