all quiet on the Western Front

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Phrase[edit]

all quiet on the Western Front

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