单词 | the rest is silence |
释义 | > as lemmasthe rest is silence P11. the rest is silence: used to indicate that there is nothing further to say on a matter.With allusion to the last words of the dying Hamlet (see quot. 1604). ΚΠ 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 363 So tell him, with th'occurrants more and lesse Which have solicited, the rest is silence.] 1838 N.-Y. Mirror 27 Jan. 244/2 The rest is silence. I will merely add, We're daily getting into some ‘bad box’. 1982 Daily Tel. 2 June 16/4 In most of the countries involved the eternal tug-of-war between Government and news media has long since ended. The curtain has fallen. The rest is silence. 2018 Sc. Express (Nexis) 23 Jan. 21 Enter Nicola Sturgeon to deliver the final rhetorical blow. The rest is silence. < as lemmas |
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