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eye of the storm
风口浪尖

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“I’m still in the eye of the storm right now, so I don’t know what will happen in the future. Sometimes you need to be apart in order to figure it out.”

- Model Heidi Klum, talking about her troubled marriage with singer Seal. (Allure)

“我现在还处于风口浪尖，所以我不知道将来会发生什么。有时为探得究竟，你需要远离风口浪尖。”
- 超模海蒂·克拉姆 (Heidi Klum) 讲述与歌手席尔 (Seal) 陷入困境的婚姻。

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the middle of a difficult situation or argument

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The very center of a storm is not a great place to be. Because it looks like an eye from far away, the center of a storm is called its eye. Some storms have a calm eye, meaning that it can feel peaceful and the sky might even look clear right in the center of the storm. But if the eye shifts, then the rain and the wind come back with greater strength than ever.

Sometimes life can become chaotic and overwhelming, and we feel like we are in the eye of the storm. When you are in the eye of the storm in your life, it is difficult to make decisions or know what to do. The storm is all around you and you can’t see or think clearly. Sometimes you just have to wait until the storm passes before trying to put your world back together again.

The model Heidi Klum feels like she is in the eye of the storm right now. She and her husband, the singer Seal, are breaking up. The break up is still very new and the pain is probably very fresh for both Heidi and Seal.

Because she is still in the middle of this painful situation, or the eye of the storm, Heidi can’t imagine what will happen in the future. Maybe she and Seal will get back together eventually, or maybe they will both move on and be happier apart. But first, the storm will have to clear. It will take time for the trauma of the break up to fade and the pain to pass away.

Do you feel like you are in the eye of the storm in any areas of your life right now? What advice would you give to Heidi?

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“It’s hard for me to talk about my problems when I’m in the eye of the storm. “

“In the eye of the storm of their argument, Danielle and her mother said some very mean things to each other.”

“Let’s discuss this after we’ve both had some time to think. Right now we’re still in the eye of the storm.”

Winners

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	in the middle of the chaos,in the center of a scandal , in trouble by mike20012
	means in the middle of some situation by yvo0804
	To be in the center of a disagreement. by candycandice
	To be on the very core of a difficult moment by Manu4
	in the most intense part of a tumultuous situation, the main subject of a public disagreement by anges491
	To be in the middle of trouble by marstanf
	Be in a crisis or Be depressed by cubi1604

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