tyyni myrskyn edellä

Finnish

Phrase

tyyni myrskyn edellä

  1. (idiomatic) calm before the storm (period of peace before a disturbance or crisis)
    Kokous on nyt rauhallinen, mutta tämä on vain tyyntä myrskyn edellä.
    The meeting may be peaceful now, but this is only the calm before the storm.

Usage notes
  • The word tyyni (“calm”) is usually in partitive, myrskyn edellä is not inflected. If another case were needed, see the declension table under tyyni.

Alternative forms
  • tyyni ennen myrskyä
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