Q1:The rest, as they say, is history 是 什 么 意 思 ？

A1:这一句直译是“正如他们所说，其余的都是历史”。历史见于文字，传于口头，路人皆知，所以，the rest is history即 “其余的事，大家都知道，不必多说”。这成语颇为老套，不少人一边用一边就为自己老套的言词辩解，以as they say表示“我只是借用别人的话”。

例子

（1）Chiang Kai-shek contemplated mounting a counter-attack against the communists during the Cultural Revolution, but was stopped by the US. The rest, as they say, is history. （文化大革命期间，蒋介石计划反攻共产党，但被美国阻止。其后的事，借用一句老套话，是路人皆知了。）
（2）JK Rowling was a nobody when she first sat down to write Harry Potter. The rest is history. （罗林最初坐下来写《哈利.波特》的时候，默默无闻。此后的一切则不必说了。）………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Q2:没出息，英文怎么说？

A2:“没出息的人”英文可译做a good-for-nothing或a ne'er-do-well : ne'er 是never的旧式说法。这两个字也可作形容词，指“没出息”。
例子

（1）Many a father has learned to his sorrow what it means to have a ne'er-do-well son.（不少为人父者，都知道儿子没出息是多么悲哀的事。）

（2）Her husband is a good-for-nothing.（她丈夫很没出息。）