The rest is history!  

I only use this phrase when the rest of the story Is hisrotic. Like 911. I could tell you the story of what happened to me that day and then at the end I could say the rest is history because you already know about the planes and the Towers. But when it comes to a lesser known story I find using the rest is history as a lazy move. Tell the rest of the story!

HI RONNYB, tO ME IT'S JUST A WAY OF ENDING A CONVERSATION W/OUT GIVING U ALL THE LITTLE DEATILS, GOOD OR BAD. Sometimes it probably saves u from hearing alot of boring details, lol. Hope u have had a good subnday.

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Im sure that allows us to write any history into the story we would like
Maybe that is why so many stories are distorted.

The example at the moment is the new movie, Robin Hood, right at the start they change history as we have been informed.

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I don’t know where the saying originated from but it is not exactly accurate if we are talking about ordinary events and not of any real historical value. I don’t use the expression often myself; I’ve used when I couldn’t be bothered repeating a story so I guess you could say it’s kind of lazy!

IMO it just means that time has passed and if the subject is famous then others know what happened from then until now. If the subject is just an ordinary person/subject/occurance then those people who are in the know or are familiar will know how the story ends.

I don't really know what it means. Maybe they're saying, what usually happens in these situations happened to them.

Haha..I've never really thought about what that means. I know I've said it once or twice, somebody will ask how I met my husband, I tell them the story then I'll say the rest is history..haha. What does it mean?