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
Oili	OY-lee	Finnish
Perdue	[pə:'dju:]
Joel	JOL (English), JO-əl (English), ho-EL (Spanish), zhoo-EL (Portuguese), YO-el (Swedish, Finnish)	English, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish, Biblical
Ale (2)	-	Frisian
Kaloyan	-	Bulgarian
Atarah	AT-ə-rə (English)	Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew