| 单词 | calm after the storm |
| 释义 | > as lemmascalm after the storm (also tempest) figurative. calm after the storm (also tempest) and variants: a period of tranquillity or stability following a time of difficulty, upheaval, etc. ΚΠ ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 276 Iblescet beo þu lauerd. þe makest stille efter storm.] 1595 R. Parry Moderatus x. sig. N Wander yet somewhat in these desarts to seeke some aduentures, to see if good fortune will present thee with a calme after so bitter and sharpe a storme. 1640 R. Brathwait Two Lancs. Lovers xxx. 238 Canst thou expect so present a calme after so rough a tempest? 1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric I. x. 196 A good man enjoys Tranquillity, in himself; Peace, with others; and Calm, after the storm. 1835 Ladies' Compan. Oct. 251/2 Dropping down, her eyes closed in a deep slumber. So comes the calm after the tempest. 1886 J. W. Wells Three Thousand Miles through Brazil I. ii. 53 After a while we settle down into a steady march; it is the calm after the storm. 1912 M. Fisher Kirstie xix. 284 How exquisite this calm after the tempest! 2004 F. Miller tr. F. Härén Idea Bk. 186 You meet again a week later and see what unexpected, unusual ideas have been sown in the calm after the storm. < as lemmas |
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