to say nothing of (something)

and also something else.

It is difficult to escape the cold, to say nothing of the wind and rain.

Usage notes: used to add emphasis to something you have just said

Related vocabulary: not to mention someone/something

• Give someone an inch and take a mile.
• Give someone an inch and they'll take a mile.
• give someone a piece of mind
• give someone a piece of your mind
• give someone a ring
• give someone a rocket
• give someone a rough time
• give someone a run for money
• give someone a run for their money
• give someone a taste of own medicine
• give someone a taste of their own medicine
• give someone a tinkle
• give someone away
• give someone a wide berth
• give someone carte blanche
• give someone chapter and verse
• give someone due
• give someone enough rope
• give someone enough rope to hang
• give someone enough rope to hang themselves
• give someone first refusal
• give someone food for thought
• give someone free reign
• give someone free rein
• give someone grief