You don’t know the half of it
not know the half of it
To 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."
See also: half, know, not, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
You don’t know the half of it
sent. Things are far more complicated than you think. You don’t know the half of it, and I’m too much a lady to tell.
See also: half, know, of
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- not know the half of it
- have not heard 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