2007-12-08 15:09:07 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
It means they "got you" super easy with no effort.
2007-12-08 15:11:02 · answer #1 · answered by vhesponage 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Hook, line and sinker" means" the whole thing" or "completely". It comes from fishing - when a fish takes the bait is one thing, but taking it "hook, line and sinker" implies it not only took the bait, it even sucked up the line and sinker as well! So this is often in reference to someone accepting something false and being deceived but it can also mean doing anything completely and even being perhaps overly enthusiastic about it. If they are saying someone "bought it hook, line and sinker" they are usually talking about someone accepting a lie as truth.
2007-12-08 15:15:10 · answer #2 · answered by Amy R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a fishing term.
Those are things you catch a fish with - a hook (fish hook)or a line or a sinker (type of bait).
So - when someone says Hook, Line and Sinker...they usually mean someone believes something without question.
2007-12-08 15:13:15 · answer #3 · answered by Stan W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This comes from the fisherman. It refers to catching a large fish where the fish took off, breaking the line and the fisherman lost his hook,line and sinker( the sinker being the weight which makes the bait sink to the bottom.) It also applies to some one who might be gullible and believed a tale told to him. He swallowed it hook, line and sinker.
2007-12-08 15:17:18 · answer #4 · answered by googie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a fishing reference.
The hook catches the fish.
The line is tied to the hook and a sinker is used to weigh the line down.
If someone swallowed hook line and sinker...they went way past taking the bait (worm)...they believe every thing that you told them!
2007-12-08 15:17:14 · answer #5 · answered by §♫♪‹(•¿•)›☼»-(¯`v´¯)-»\\ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's and old term that means someone swallowed the whole story, hook line and sinker, like a fish.
2007-12-08 15:13:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The word is sinker not stinker and hook line and sinker are all parts of a fishing rod and when a large fish takes the bait on the hook it pulls it all down, hence the saying, hook line and sinker
2016-04-08 02:48:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a fish is drawn to the bait, you have taken the hook, the line attached to it and the sinker to put the bait where you can get it. It's a package deal and you will look nice, mounted on the wall in my den
2007-12-08 15:15:10 · answer #8 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It originates in fishing, where a hungry, large fish will sometimes swallow not only the baited hook, but the lead sinker, and the fishing line attaching them, and means that it fell for it all the way.
2007-12-08 15:15:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It mean that they got fooled completely as in a fish.....a fish will bite the bait, the hook, the line and the weighted sinker. To take the whole thing is to be completely fooled or suckered.
2007-12-08 15:12:08 · answer #10 · answered by Jesus S 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The phrase "Hook, line an Sinker" relates to the opinion that the Seller has your Total commitment to the deal, without your wavering from his rules.
2007-12-08 15:17:40 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋