when the dust has settled

Idioms  

1. Also,. When matters have calmed down, as in The merger is complete, and when the dust has settled we can start on new projects. This idiom uses dust in the sense of “turmoil” or “commotion,” a usage dating from the first half of the 1800s.

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Example Sentences

When the dust has settled, however, Liverpool's remarkable window still leaves them as the team to chase.

From BBC

"A timeout is needed before we return to the three-way talks and see where we are when the dust has settled after the current situation, so no conclusions should be drawn yet," Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto told Reuters in a telephone interview.

From Reuters

Thinking that when the dust has settled and the few facts were are allowed to know have been fully digested - we'll come to see things differently.

From BBC

When the dust has settled on both those questions, developers will be left with some alternatives to Apple’s built-in payment system.

From The Verge

When the dust has settled, there will be time for a thorough review of what must change and how we could have done better.

From Washington Post