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all quiet on the Western Front

all quiet on the Western Front phrase: nothing much is happening; the situation is stable, or stagnant.

Phrase

all quiet on the Western Front

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

Origin of all quiet on the Western Front

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

Questions about all quiet on the Western Front

What does all quiet on the Western Front mean?
All quiet on the Western Front means nothing much is happening; the situation is stable, or stagnant.
What part of speech is all quiet on the Western Front?
All quiet on the Western Front is a phrase.

Words near all quiet on the Western Front in the dictionary

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