“Fall for it hook, line, and sinker”in other languages
Believe a lie completely.
English
Dutch
German
EnglishDutchGermanSame idea, different pictures
English and German are both about catching animals. A greedy fish swallows the hook, the line and the lead weight. A bird lands on a branch smeared with birdlime and sticks: auf den Leim gehen.
Dutch swallows the story like sweet cake, iets voor zoete koek aannemen: eagerly, without asking questions.
More sayings in other languages
- Fall on deaf ears
- Firing on all cylinders
- Flat broke
- Flat out
- Beat a dead horse
- Fly off the handle
- Not see beyond the end of one's nose
- Get back on one's feet
- Get on someone's nerves