lull before the storm

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lull before the storm and calm before the storm

a quiet period just before a period of great activity or excitement. (Literal in reference to weather.) It was very quiet in the cafeteria just before the students came in for lunch. It was the lull before the storm. In the brief calm before the storm, the clerks prepared themselves for the doors to open and bring in thousands of shoppers.

See also: before, lull, storm

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US home foreclosures, at the root of the global financial crisis, fell to the lowest levels in five months in November but it may be a lull before the storm, according to a group tracking foreclosures. US foreclosures drop but storm clouds ahead: report by AFP / AFP American Edition US home foreclosures, at the root of the global financial crisis, fell to the lowest levels in five months in November but it may be a lull before the storm, according to a group tracking foreclosures. US foreclosures drop but storm clouds ahead: report by AFP / AFP Global Edition It was very much the lull before the storm at the weekend, but the celebrations in the winner's enclosure at Sandown following the Sunderlands Imperial Cup were worthy of the Cheltenham Festival itself. Pipes revel in Imperial rule by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)			low-end low-hanging fruit low-key lowdown lower lower ears lower oneself to some level lower sights lower the boom lower the boom on lower the tone lower voice luck luck into luck of the draw luck of the Irish luck out luck out of lucky Lucky at cards, unlucky in love lucky break lucky dog lucky for you lucky streak lull lull before the storm lull into lull into a false sense of security lull to sleep lumber lumber along lumber off lump lump and else together lump in throat Lump it! lunatic fringe lunch lunch off lunch out lung lunge lunge at lunge for lurch lurch at lurch forward lure lure away lure in to lurk around			Lule Burgas Lule River Lule River Lulea Lulea Luleå Luleå Luleå ALPina Luleå tekniska universitet Luleå University College Lulea University of Technology Luleå University of Technology Luleå, Sweden Luleå, Sweden Lulea, Sweden - Kallax Lulealv Lulealv Luleälv Luleälv Lulealven Luleälven Luleburgaz Lüleburgaz Lüleburgaz LULI luliberin Lulie St Dash lull lull lull lull before the storm lull into lull into a false sense of security lull to sleep Lull, Ramón lullabied lullabied lullabies lullabies lullaby lullaby Lullabye Lullabye lullabying lullabying lulled lulled lulled Luller Lulli Lulli lulling lulling lulling Lullingly lulls lulls lulls Lullubi Lullula Lullula arborea

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