have not heard the half of it
have not heard the half of it
To know only 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 haven't heard 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 haven't heard the half of it."
See also: half, have, hear, not, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- not know the half of it
- as bad as all that
- have a bad opinion of (someone or something)
- have a good, bad, high, low, etc. opinion of somebody/something
- be downhill all the way
- downhill all the way
- it's the story of my life
- story of my life, the
- (it's/that's the) story of my life
- bad company