hook, line and sinker

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• /ˌhʊk ˌlaɪn ən(d)ˈsɪŋkə(ɹ)/
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From all the parts of a fishing tackle that may be lost to a fish. Appeared in 1838 as a metaphor from angling.

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Danish: med hud og hår — (idiomatic) completely
• Danish: helt og holdent — (idiomatic) completely
• Finnish: niellä nahkoineen karvoineen — (idiomatic) completely
• German: ganz und gar — (idiomatic) completely
• German: mit Haut und Haaren — (idiomatic) completely
• Hungarian: mindenestül — (idiomatic) completely
• Hungarian: egy az egyben — (idiomatic) completely
• Hungarian: szőröstül-bőröstül — (idiomatic) completely
• Hungarian: kompletten — (idiomatic) completely
• Hungarian: szó nélkül — (idiomatic) completely
• Hungarian: csont nélkül — (idiomatic) completely
• Hungarian: úgy, ahogy van — (idiomatic) completely
• Icelandic: trúa einhverju eins og nýju neti — (idiomatic) completely
• Icelandic: kokgleypa eitthvað — (idiomatic) completely
• Icelandic: gleypa söguna hráa — (idiomatic) completely
• Icelandic: gína við einhverju — (idiomatic) completely
• Norwegian Bokmål: med søkke og snøre — (idiomatic) completely
• Polish: całkowicie — (idiomatic) completely
• Polish: bez zastrzeżeń — (idiomatic) completely
• Russian: со все́ми потроха́ми (so vsémi potroxámi) — (idiomatic) completely
• Spanish: de cabo a rabo — (idiomatic) completely
• Spanish: de pe a pa — (idiomatic) completely
• Spanish: de principio a fin — (idiomatic) completely
• Spanish: como pescadito — (idiomatic) completely
• Spanish: con moño y todo — (idiomatic) completely
• Swedish: med hull och hår — (idiomatic) completely