the rest is history

the rest is history

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the rest is history

1. (idiomatic) An indication that one does not need to continue narrating a story as the subsequent events are assumed to be well-known.

   Sarah and I got married back in 1956 and the rest is history.

   • 2009, Andrew Stellman; Jennifer Greene, quoting Tim O'Reilly, Beautiful Teams: Inspiring and Cautionary Tales from Veteran Team Leaders, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 4:

     And we said, “We're all going to agree on one name, and we're all going to start using it.” We voted on “sourceware” versus “open source,” and “open source” won. We had the press conference at five, and the rest is history.

Translations

used to indicate that one does not need to continue a story

Chinese: Cantonese: 淨低嘅都係歷史 Mandarin: 餘下的都是歷史 Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: de rest is geschiedenis Estonian: ülejäänut te juba teate Finnish: loppu on historiaa French: le reste est de l'histoire, on connaît la suite German: der Rest ist Geschichte Italian: il resto è storia Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: lo demás es historia Swedish: resten är historia