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

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

On Friday, Acting Justice Alan Blow handed Wright a 10-month prison term, which will be suspended after he has served half of it.

From BBC

Egypt tells the story of how he discovered the Roland TR-808 drum machine for the first time the way someone recalls meeting the love of their life — half of it prescriptive, every inflection point memorized; the other half still novel and almost unbelievable, the miracle of discovering a foundational truth about yourself for the first time.

From Los Angeles Times

Venezuela has exported an average of 750,000 barrels a day this year with half of it going to China, according to energy consultants Kpler.

From The Wall Street Journal