English Explanatory Dictionary

all quiet on the Western Front

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. Nothing much is happening; the situation is stable, or stagnant.

Word forms

all quiet on the Western Front

Etymology

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

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