the half of it

the half of it
[usu. with negative] informal the most important part or aspect of something

you don't know the half of it

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the half of it
informal
— used to say that a situation is even worse than you think it is or than it seems to be

“It sounds like you've been having some problems.” “You don't know the half of it!”

Sales are down but that's only the half of it–the company is closing several stores.

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