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Idiom know the half of it(not) know the half of it informal, informal if someone does not know the half of it, they know that a situation is bad but they do not know how bad it is.Tom's not happy with the situation and he doesn't even know the half of it!'I hear you're having a few problems with the new guy'. 'A few problems? You haven't heard the half of it!'
not know the half of itTo know a small part of how bad something is, but without understanding the complete situation; to underestimate or be uninformed about how bad a situation really is. Our bosses think that this is a major setback, but they don't know the half of it. We're months, not weeks, behind schedule! A: "I heard you and Terry were going through a tough time." B: "Oh, you don't know the half of it." |