don't know the half of it

don't know the half of it
do not know all the facts, have not heard all of it
  

Yes, they got divorced, but you don't know the half of it.


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  • your don't know the half of it —    This expression is used to tell someone that they know some of the facts but they don t know how bad the situation is.     You don t know the half of it! He was beating her and terrorizing the children. That s why she left him …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • You don’t know the half of it. — sent. Things are far more complicated than you think. □ You think that’s bad? You don’t know the half of it. □ You don’t know the half of it, and I’m too much a lady to tell …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • you don't know the half of it — you don’t know/haven’t heard/the half of it spoken phrase used for telling someone that a situation is more shocking or complicated than they think Thesaurus: not known or difficult to knowsynonym Main entry: half …   Useful english dictionary

  • (the) half of it — the ˈhalf of it idiom used in negative sentences to say that a situation is worse or more complicated than sb thinks • ‘It sounds very difficult.’ ‘ You don t know the half of it.’ Main entry: ↑halfidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • the half of it — [usu. with negative] informal the most important part or aspect of something you don t know the half of it * * * the half of it informal used to say that a situation is even worse than you think it is or than it seems to be “It sounds like you ve …   Useful english dictionary

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  • half — 1 predeterminer, adjective (only before noun) 1 being half of an amount, time, distance, number etc: events that happened over half a century ago | Only half the guests had arrived by seven o clock. | The studio is only half a block away. | half… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • half — half1 W1S1 [ha:f US hæf] predeterminer, pron, adj [only before noun] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(50%)¦ 2¦(most of)¦ 3¦(time)¦ 4¦(combination)¦ 5 half a dozen 6 half a/the chance 7 half an eye/ear 8 be half the battle 9 half a minute/moment/second etc …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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