Example
“The neighborhood café weathered the storm by offering deliveries until customers returned.”
Dictionary details
Related idioms
Expressions connected by reviewed component words or topic tags.
the calm before the storm
Neutral · CEFR B2
a quiet period immediately before trouble, intense activity, or chaos
perfect storm
Neutral · CEFR C1
a rare combination of bad circumstances that produces a disaster
break the back of
Neutral · CEFR B2
to get past the main obstacle so that the remaining work becomes easier
plain sailing
Neutral · CEFR B2
an activity or process that continues easily and without difficulties
a piece of cake
Informal · CEFR A2
Something that is very easy to do.
so far so good
Informal · CEFR A2
used to say that things have gone well up to now
Source methodology
Meanings, register, CEFR, and examples come from the reviewed dictionary record. Expression notes may describe a reviewed present-day word picture or a background note; they are not presented as verified etymology.