let me break it down for you

Allow me to emphasize to you the most important or essential aspect of something. Let me break it down for you—if we don't win this playoff game, we're doomed. Hardly any NHL teams have ever come back from being down 3–0 in a seven-game series.

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that's saying something
any fool can/could...
any fool could (do something)
something else again
something else entirely
200
do not pass Go, do not collect $200
do not pass Go, do not collect two hundred dollars
AIIC
labour the point

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