without question or doubt, completely She fell in love with her new boyfriend hook, line and sinker.
swallow sth, hook, line, and sinker
Idiom(s): swallow sth, hook, line, and sinker
Theme: BELIEF - GULLIBILITY
to believe something completely. (Slang. These terms refer to fishing and fooling a fish into being caught. Fixed order.) • I made up a story about why I was so late. The boss swallowed it, hook, line, and sinker. • I feel like a fool. I swallowed it, hook, line, and sinker.
Hook, line, and sinker
If somebody accepts or believes something hook, line, and sinker, they accept it completely.
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adv. phr., informal Without question or doubt; completely. Johnny was so easily fooled that he fell for Joe's story, hook, line and sinker.Mary was such a romantic girl that she swallowed the story Alice told her about her date, hook, line and sinker.Bobby trusted Jim so he was taken in by his hard-luck story hook, line and sinker.
An sinker idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with sinker, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context.
Cùng học tiếng anh với từ điển Từ đồng nghĩa, cách dùng từ tương tự, Thành ngữ, tục ngữ sinker