You don't know the half of it.

French translation: tu n'en sais que la moitié / tu ne connais pas toute l'histoire

03:23 Jun 3, 2023
English to French translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: You don't know the half of it.
the half of it
​used in negative sentences to say that a situation is worse or more complicated than somebody thinks
Fabrice59
France
Local time: 06:39
French translation:tu n'en sais que la moitié / tu ne connais pas toute l'histoire
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Emiliano Pantoja
Spain
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Merci !
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1tu n'en sais que la moitié / tu ne connais pas toute l'histoire
Emiliano Pantoja
4 +1Tu n’as pas idée.
Reda HMIDI
4 +1si vous saviez ... / si tu savais ...
Renate Radziwill-Rall
5Tu ne sais pas la moitié de ce qu'il se passe.
Théo Dulou
4vous ne croyez pas si bien dire
polyglot45
4tu n'en sais même pas la moitié
Daryo
4pire que ça, ...
Bourth
4"tu ne peux pas imaginer !" " cela dépasse l'entendement "
Maïté Mendiondo-George
3Tu ignores tout de cette histoire
Marie-Pascale Wersinger
Summary of reference entries provided
You Don't know the half of it - Tammy Wynette - 1979
Anastasia Kalantzi
tu ne sais pas grand chose
José Patrício

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you don't know the half of it.
tu n'en sais que la moitié / tu ne connais pas toute l'histoire


Explanation:
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Emiliano Pantoja
Spain
Local time: 06:39
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Merci !

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agree  Susana E. Cano Méndez
1 day 34 mins
  -> Gracias Susana

neutral  Francois Boye: this expression isn't a French idiom
2 days 7 hrs
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you don't know the half of it.
Tu n’as pas idée.


Explanation:
Dans un registre décontracté. Si c’est plus soutenu « Vous n’en avez pas idée ».

Reda HMIDI
Morocco
Local time: 05:39
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agree  Francois Boye
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you don't know the half of it.
vous ne croyez pas si bien dire


Explanation:
ou tu ne crois pas... selon le contexte

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you don't know the half of it.
si vous saviez ... / si tu savais ...


Explanation:
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Renate Radziwill-Rall
France
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agree  Florence Piquemal: Mais plus de contexte serait effectivement appréciable
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you don't know the half of it.
tu n'en sais même pas la moitié


Explanation:
the "general purpose / context-free" version

https://context.reverso.net/translation/french-english/n'en ...


Daryo
United Kingdom
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you don't know the half of it.
pire que ça, ...


Explanation:
Out of context it's impossible to pin down the meaning intended. But the English expression will often serve as an introduction to an elaboration of the rest of the story and all its gory details.

Bourth
France
Local time: 06:39
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neutral  Daryo: or "the rest of the story and all its juicy bits" or ...
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you don't know the half of it.
Tu ignores tout de cette histoire


Explanation:
A suggestion

Marie-Pascale Wersinger
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2 days 9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
you don't know the half of it.
"tu ne peux pas imaginer !" " cela dépasse l'entendement "


Explanation:

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Maïté Mendiondo-George
France
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you don\'t know the half of it.
Tu ne sais pas la moitié de ce qu'il se passe.


Explanation:
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Théo Dulou
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Reference comments


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Reference: You Don't know the half of it - Tammy Wynette - 1979

Reference information:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlCvdahKV5g
Love is cruel, Love is a lie, should of seen it in your eyes, should of known.
What you steal you cannot keep now you say it cuts so deep but you're on your own, you're on your own.
You don't know the half of it, you never should of let me go.
Because you don't know the half of it.
You never should of let me down.
Because you don't know the half of it.
I don't know what I've been told that we never grow strong that we never grow old; gotta let it go.
Now it's time to sink or swim looking back at the mess were in where you let it roll; you let it roll.
You don't know the half of it, you never should of let me go.
Because you don't know the half of it, you never should of let me down.
You don't know the half of it, you never should of let me go.
Because you don't know the half of it, you never should of let me down.
You don't know the half of it, you never should of let me go.
Because you don't know the half of it, you never should of let me down.
Because you don't know the half of it.
https://genius.com/Tammy-wynette-you-dont-know-the-half-of-i...

Anastasia Kalantzi
Greece
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1 day 3 hrs
Reference: tu ne sais pas grand chose

Reference information:
https://www.linguee.fr/francais-anglais/search?query=je ne s...

José Patrício
Portugal
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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