Sean Quinn

I was never one to run away from trouble - I intend to continue to fight my corner and try to redeem our reputation in some way. It's very difficult when you see the PR campaign that Anglo have built up against us. A lot of the media would be very anti-Quinn and have fallen hook, line and sinker for the Anglo story where they are the good guys.

Irish Businessman

Ron Carlson

I was a good college kid, all-American and baseball-playing, living in the dorms with a million barbarians. I did not expect to be claimed by Fitzgerald hook, line, and sinker. 'This Side of Paradise' - that sweet, sophomoric pastiche of notes, scenes, poetry, and plays - I felt like he'd written the book just for me.

American Novelist

Jake Arrieta

Typically, being under the strike zone with the sinker isn't a big issue. I need to be a little bit higher with the strike zone earlier in the count. If you miss under with one here and there when you're ahead, it's really not an issue.

American Athlete

Dierks Bentley

As soon as I got into country music, it was like hook, line and sinker. I was so focused on country, I ended up leaving all those '80s hair-band CDs behind - which now I still wish I had, but I was done with it.

American Musician

Georginio Wijnaldum

From the moment I first spoke with him, I knew that I wanted to join Liverpool. I fell for Klopp - hook, line, and sinker.

Dutch Athlete

Sinker often relates to fishing, helping hooks go deeper into water.

Fishing Equipment

Sinkers are not just made of lead; other materials are also used.

Material Varies

Sinkers come in different weights for various fishing needs.

Weight Variety

A sinker in baseball is designed to confuse batters with its drop.

Tricky Baseball Pitch

Pitching a sinker uses distinctive grip and motion techniques.

Specialized Technique

In baseball, 'sinker' is a term players and fans should know.

Baseball Jargon

The idiom 'hook, line, and sinker' means fully believing a deceit.

Complete Deception

Using 'sinker' in idioms adds flavor to everyday English.

Conversational Color

Sinker in idiomatic expressions doesn't always mean a literal weight.

Figurative Speech

 in this lifetime burgers you give them a slepping I think Constantine is a sinker and they think an act that weight is an insult today we can verify that edge you know they're not trying to trading after Navy villages as sunset approaches for

Firewalking PIPE National...

 to con the FBI. It had created a supposed definition of mortgage fraud, in which, guess what, its members are always the victim and never the perpetrators. And the FBI has bought this hook, line, sinker,