not the half of it
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They’ve figured it out in these playoffs, in which they have taken three series and won their last 11 games, and, really, that’s not the half of it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
True — but that’s not the half of it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2018
But the dazzling campus was not the half of it.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 4, 2016
Those external forces are not the half of it.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2015
War is hell, but that’s not the half of it, because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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