all quiet on the Potomac

Nothing is happening right now. The phrase originated during the US Civil War and refers to the Potomac River. A: "Have you heard back from any of the schools you applied to yet?" B: "Nope. All quiet on the Potomac."

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Theodoar	-	Ancient Germanic
Nieves	NYE-ves	Spanish
Hinrich	HIN-rikh	Low German
Babette	[bæ'bet]
Zacharias	zak-ə-RIE-əs (English)	Biblical, Biblical Greek
Pericles	PER-i-kleez (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized)