Cf. [a 1250 Ancrene Riwle (1962) 191] Iblescet ibeo thu laverd the makest stille efter storm [blessed are you, Lord, who makes a calm after the storm]; [1377 Langland Piers Plowman B. xviii. 409] After sharpe shoures‥moste shene [bright] is the sonne.
After a storme commeth a calme.
[1576 C. Holyband French Littleton E1V]
After a storm comes a calm. Wearied with a former blustering they began now to repose themselves in a sad silence.
[1655 T. Fuller Church Hist. Britain ix. viii.]
For the next two weeks nothing happened. ‥After the storm had come the calm.
[1979 ‘J. Le carré’ Smiley's People i.]
Related to: peace; trouble
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