「don't know the half of it」別理解成「不知道它的一半」

大家好，今天我們分享一個非常有用且地道的表達——don't know the half of it, 這個短語的含義不是指「不知道它的一半」，其正確的含義是：

don't know the half of it 不知道更嚴重的情況

Yes, they got divorced, but you don't know the half of it.

是的，他們離婚了，但是你還不知道更嚴重的事呢。

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!

我們的老闆們認為這是個重大的挫折，但是他們不知道更嚴重的情況。我們已經數月，而不是數個星期落後於預定計劃了。

A: "I heard you and Terry were going through a tough time."

我聽說你和泰瑞經歷了一段困難時期。

B: "Oh, you don't know the half of it."

哦，你還沒有了解到更糟糕的情況是什麼。

"I hear things aren't going too well at work."

「我聽說工作進展得不太順利。」

"You don't know the half of it!"

「你還不知道更糟的事呢！」