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HTML

<div class="container">
<div class="left">
            left content fixed width
        </div>
        <div class="right">
            right content flexible width<br><br>
            right content flexible width<br><br>
            right content flexible width<br><br>
            right content flexible width<br><br>
            right content flexible width<br><br>
            right content flexible width<br><br>
            right content flexible width<br><br>
            right content flexible width<br><br>
            right content flexible width<br><br>
            right content flexible width<br><br>
            right content flexible width<br><br>
            right content flexible width<br><br>
            right content flexible width<br><br>
            right content flexible width<br><br>
            right content flexible width<br><br>
            right content flexible width<br><br>
            right content flexible width<br><br>
            right content flexible width<br><br>
        </div>
    </div>

CSS

.container {
   height: auto;
   overflow: hidden;
}

.left {
    width: 180px;
    float: left;
    background: #aafed6;
}

.right {
    float: none; /* not needed, just for clarification */
    background: #e8f6fe;
    /* the next props are meant to keep this block independent from the other floated one */
    width: auto;
    overflow: hidden;
}