Talk:for the rest

RFV discussion: July 2020

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for the rest

for the rest --Backinstadiums (talk) 14:17, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

With all due respect to those idiom dictionaries, it feels very SOP to me. —Mahāgaja · talk 14:42, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

@Mahagaja: Concerning matters deemed less significant than others. Primarily heard in UK. I see the italicized chunks quite idiomatic, not transparent from the meanings of rest --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:20, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

@Backinstadiums: No, but if you look at their example sentences, it doesn't actually seem to mean that. In those example sentences at least, it just means [[for]] [[the]] [[rest]]. And it's only primarily heard in the UK if you rarely go outside the UK. Since I grew up in the US, I heard it primarily in the US. —Mahāgaja · talk 06:12, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

Also found in {{R:Cambridge}} ([1]) and {{R:Macmillan}} ([2]). Sounds like a set phrase to me. PUC – 16:44, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

RFV closed. Out of scope of this page. DTLHS (talk) 22:17, 20 July 2020 (UTC)