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The phrase the calm before the storm means a quiet time before trouble begins. Things may seem peaceful right now, but a big change is coming. This idiom derives from the phenomenon where there is often a spell of quiet weather right before a storm hits.
The in-laws are going to be here in an hour but everything is already clean and ready, so now it is the calm before the storm.