The phrase "all quiet on the western front" has become a colloquial expression meaning stagnation, or lack of visible change, in any context.

All Quiet on the Western Front. The literal translation of "Im Westen nichts Neues" is "Nothing New in the West," with "West" being the war front; the phrase refers to the content of an official communiqué at the end of the novel.
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scherzando \skert-SAHN-doh\, adjective:

Playful; sportive.