all quiet on the Western Front

English

Etymology

From the English translation of the title of Erich Maria Remarque's war novel Im Westen nichts Neues.

Phrase

all quiet on the Western Front

  1. (colloquial) Nothing much is happening; the situation is stable, or stagnant.
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