half the story

idiom

used to say that there are other matters in addition to what was stated
The restaurant has great desserts, but that's only/just half the story. It also has wonderful entertainment.

Examples of half the story in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Vines, Grasses, and Seed Pods But flowers are only half the story. Blake Bakkila, Sunset Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024 When a big crisis does hit, remember that systemic risks are only half the story—the other half is how the economy and policy respond. Kristine Gill, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2024 And while there might be a partial truth to that argument, the departure from orthodoxy is only half the story, which brings us back to the broader scope of the 911 lineup. Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 9 July 2024 But the music that Amos makes with Water From Your Eyes is only half the story. Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2024 That prevailing backlash narrative, however, ignores half the story–a critical half for our planet and its most vulnerable communities–on the heels of the hottest year ever recorded on earth. Margret Trilli, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2024 But the numbers tell only half the story; equally significant was the way the votes fell. Jorge Heine, The Conversation, 8 Nov. 2023 Meta’s researchers achieved this partially through sheer model size, but that’s only half the story. IEEE Spectrum, 24 July 2023 But 19th-century furnishings and sculptures tell only half the story: the Rahr-West Art Museum also counts a permanent collection of modernist and postwar pieces by luminaries like Pablo Picasso, Georgia O'Keeffe, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol. Nicholas Derenzo, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2023

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“Half the story.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20the%20story. Accessed 3 Oct. 2024.

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