perfect storm | Idiomator

Meaning: (meteorology,informal)Apowerfulhurricaneor other majorweatherdisturbance, especially as produced by acombinationofmeteorologicalconditions.1796,William Fordyce Mavor,Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries ..., p. 161,But on the 24th of April, the wind again blew aperfect storm, and our other ships of the squadron separated, nor did any of them rejoin the commodore.1914,Samuel Finley Breese Morse and Edward Lind Morse,Samuel F.B. Morse: His Letters and Journals, p. 190,Ten o'clock. Beginning to blow hard; taking in sails one after another. — Three o'clock. Aperfect storm; the gale a few days ago but a gentle breeze to it.2014October 27,Taylor Swift,Imogen Heap, “Clean (Taylor's Version)”, in1989 (Taylor's Version)‎[1], performed by Taylor Swift, published 27 October 2023:Hung my head as I lost the warAnd the sky turned black like aperfect storm; (figuratively,by extension)Asituationin which severalproblemsconvergeand make everything worse.1862,Frank Moore, Edward Everett,The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, p. 149,They sent aperfect stormof bullets, over, under, and into our men.2008June 30, Jim Coyle, “Stormy weather for tourism season”, inToronto Star, page AA8:Tory said he was worried that "aperfect storm" of economic factors could put tourist operators and their communities in peril.

Examples:

EN: It would be the perfect storm.
ES: Sería la tormenta perfecta.
EN: It's the perfect storm.
ES: Es la tormenta perfecta.
EN: - It was a perfect storm.
ES: - Ha sido una tormenta perfecta.
EN: It's like the semi-perfect storm out there?
ES: ¿Es como la tormenta casi perfecta que esta ahí afuera?
EN: Whoa. Whoa. It's the perfect storm.
ES: - Vamos de mal en peor.
EN: It's the understudy perfect storm!
ES: ¡Esto es el suplente de "Perfect Storm"!
EN: That's where it all came together. - The perfect storm.
ES: Pero en vez de Kelly, encontraste a Mike.
EN: I call it the perfect storm.
ES: Yo lo llamo la hecatombe.
EN: It's a perfect storm.
ES: Es una tormenta perfecta.
EN: The perfect storm... of self-satisfaction.
ES: La tormenta prefecta de auto-satisfacción.
EN: I'm the perfect storm of caffeine and genetics.
ES: Soy la tormenta perfecta de café y genética.
EN: It's kind of like the perfect storm.
ES: Es algo así como "la tormenta perfecta".
EN: It's like the perfect storm.
ES: Es como una tormenta perfecta.
EN: And then you came along and wham, it's the perfect storm.
ES: Y luego, tu llegada fue el último evento desafortunado.
EN: Can we have another perfect storm?
ES: ¿Si tuviésemos otra tormenta perfecta?

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