half of it

Idioms  

1. Only part of something, as in You saw them together, but that's just the half of it; she's moved in with him. This phrase, signifying the most important portion (more than half), is often put negatively as not the half of it, as in You thought they played badly? That's not the half of it, because they've been kicked out of the league. [First half of 1900s]

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Example Sentences

“This belonged to her. I don’t know what half of it’s meant for.”

From Literature

“No,” I say, trying to give half of it back.

From Literature

He said about half of it was cleared on Saturday but the rest still needed to be taken away and the line inspected before it could reopen.

From BBC

The carmaker has said the site would become a research and development centre focussed on chips, artificial intelligence and robotics, with the Technical University of Dresden expected to eventually occupy about half of it.

From Barron's

He says the break-even point for barley is more than £200 per tonne, and around half of it is sold in contracts for future delivery.

From BBC