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"etymology_text": "From all the parts of a fishing tackle that may be lost to a fish.\nAppeared in 1838 as a metaphor from angling.",
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"examples": [
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"text": "I told him you were just a friend, and he fell for it hook, line and sinker."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Completely; (of a belief or acceptance) naively or unquestioningly."
],
"id": "en-hook,_line_and_sinker-en-adv-RdXvXO6c",
"links": [
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"Completely",
"completely"
],
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"belief",
"belief"
],
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"acceptance",
"acceptance"
],
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"naively",
"naively"
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"unquestioningly",
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"related": [
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"word": "eat something up with a spoon"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "completely"
},
{
"word": "rod, line and sinker"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "med hud og hår"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "helt og holdent"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "swallow with skin and fur",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "niellä nahkoineen karvoineen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "ganz und gar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "mit Haut und Haaren"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "mindenestül"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "egy az egyben"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "szőröstül-bőröstül"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "kompletten"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "szó nélkül"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "csont nélkül"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "úgy, ahogy van"
},
{
"code": "is",
"english": "fall for something hook, line and sinker",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "trúa einhverju eins og nýju neti"
},
{
"code": "is",
"english": "fall for something hook, line and sinker",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "kokgleypa eitthvað"
},
{
"code": "is",
"english": "fall for the story, hook, line and sinker",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "gleypa söguna hráa"
},
{
"code": "is",
"english": "swallow hook, line and sinker",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "gína við einhverju"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "med søkke og snøre"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "with all the innards",
"roman": "so vsémi potroxámi",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "со все́ми потроха́ми"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "med hull och hår"
}
]
}
],
"word": "hook, line and sinker"
}
{
"etymology_text": "From all the parts of a fishing tackle that may be lost to a fish.\nAppeared in 1838 as a metaphor from angling.",
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
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"examples": [
{
"text": "I told him you were just a friend, and he fell for it hook, line and sinker."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Completely; (of a belief or acceptance) naively or unquestioningly."
],
"links": [
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"Completely",
"completely"
],
[
"belief",
"belief"
],
[
"acceptance",
"acceptance"
],
[
"naively",
"naively"
],
[
"unquestioningly",
"unquestioningly"
]
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "completely"
},
{
"word": "rod, line and sinker"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "med hud og hår"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "helt og holdent"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "swallow with skin and fur",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "niellä nahkoineen karvoineen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "ganz und gar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "mit Haut und Haaren"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "mindenestül"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "egy az egyben"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "szőröstül-bőröstül"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "kompletten"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "szó nélkül"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "csont nélkül"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "úgy, ahogy van"
},
{
"code": "is",
"english": "fall for something hook, line and sinker",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "trúa einhverju eins og nýju neti"
},
{
"code": "is",
"english": "fall for something hook, line and sinker",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "kokgleypa eitthvað"
},
{
"code": "is",
"english": "fall for the story, hook, line and sinker",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "gleypa söguna hráa"
},
{
"code": "is",
"english": "swallow hook, line and sinker",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "gína við einhverju"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "med søkke og snøre"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "with all the innards",
"roman": "so vsémi potroxámi",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "со все́ми потроха́ми"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "med hull och hår"
}
],
"word": "hook, line and sinker"
}
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