I hate to break it to you
I hate to break it to you
Used to introduce some information that one is about to reveal that the other person will find upsetting, unpleasant, or undesirable. A: "We'll need a strong third quarter to weather this downturn." B: "Well, I hate to break it to you, but sales are coming to a screeching halt." Look, I hate to break it to you, but Molly doesn't want anything to do with you anymore.
See also: break, hate
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- Let every man skin his own skunk.
- be in for
- be in for something
- in for
- get (something) over with
- get it over with
- take it one day at a time
- take it/things one day at a time
- take things one day at a time
- sigh