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hook,_line_and_sinker

hook, line and sinker

English

Alternative forms

rod, line and sinker

Adverb

hook, line and sinker

(idiomatic) Completely; (of belief or acceptance) naively or unquestioningly.
I told him you were just a friend, and he fell for it hook, line and sinker.

Synonyms

See also Wikisaurus:completely

Translations

(idiomatic) completely

Icelandic: (fall for something hook, line and sinker) trúa einhverju eins og nýju neti, (fall for something hook, line and sinker) kokgleypa eitthvað, (fall for the story, hook, line and sinker) gleypa söguna hráa, (swallow hook, line and sinker) gína við einhverju

Norwegian Bokmål: med søkke og snøre
Russian: со все́ми потроха́ми ‎(so vsémi potroxámi) (with all the innards)

See also

Icelandic: gína við

References

↑ “hook, line and sinker” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).