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Calm Before the Stork

(n.) The time during a woman's first pregnancy during which nobody talks about the baby or being pregnant for maybe 2 seconds. This calm, almost eerie silence, usually occurring early in the 3rd trimester, is soon shattered by childbirth and the spirit-crushing, torrential shit storm that follows.

See Also: That part in "Deep Blue Sea" when people start getting eaten, but Samuel L. Jackson and the rest of the survivors find a minute to collect themselves and make an escape plan, and Samuel L. Jackson is giving a speech about how they have to unite to escape the genetically-mutated, super-intelligent sharks, but then, suddenly, one of the aforementioned genetically-mutated, super-intelligent sharks jumps out of the water and bites him in half.
Though it seemed for the time being that everybody had stopped speculating about his unborn child's future athletic prowess, physical attributes, and the huge amount of responsibility it takes to raise a child, the man was not fooled.

He knew that it was just the calm before the stork.
by Consopite June 9, 2011
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The Ship Had Sailed Before Its Occupants Made It To The Harbor

Also "The Ship Had Sailed Before Its Occupants Made It To The Port".

An idiom meaning the ship between characters was confirmed canon before people started shipping them.
Person 1: Doom Guy and Isabelle have already been confirmed canon by Nintendo.
Person 2: The Ship Had Sailed Before Its Occupants Made It To The Harbor
by Shugunou October 23, 2023
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before-nought-o'clock

Period from 18:00 (6:00 pm) until 00:00 (12:00 am).
Before-nought-o'clock.
by ÑÇÇÑÇÇÑÇÇÑÇÇÑ August 26, 2025
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bellas before fellas

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John: hey wanna go on a date tonight?
Stephany: sorry, i go on a pijama party. Bellas before fellas ^_^
by Lorelai lisbon June 9, 2020
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