the rest is history

Language: en

Meaning: (informal,idiomatic)One does not need to continue narrating a story as the subsequent events are assumed to bewell-known.Sarah and I got married back in 1956 andthe 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, andthe rest is history.

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