everything but bar the kitchen sink イディオム
everything but the kitchen sink
almost everything, the whole works We put everything in his truck, everything but the kitchen sink!
hook, line and sinker
without question or doubt, completely She fell in love with her new boyfriend hook, line and sinker.
sink (get) one
have something real or solid to think about, struggle with I was finally able to sink my teeth into the problem and began to find a solution.
sink in
to penetrate, become understood What he said hasn
sink one
go to work seriously It
sink or swim
fail or succeed by your own efforts He will have to sink or swim when he begins his new job.
sinking feeling
"feeling of failure; despair" When I saw the ambulance at our house, I got a sinking feeling.
sink/soak in
1.(cause to)sink into陷入;沉入
If the ink sinks in it'll be hard to remove the spot from the cloth.布一沾到墨水,墨迹就很难洗净。
2.be absorbed, understood or acknowledged被充分理解或领会
I think it has finally sunk in that she must be more careful:she won't forget her passport again!我想她终于领悟到她必须更加小心,她再也不会忘了她的护照!
Everybody laughed at the joke but Joe;it took a moment for it to sink in before he laughed too.除了乔每个人都被这笑话逗乐了,过了一会儿他完全理解过来也笑了。
swallow sth, hook, line, and sinker
Idiom(s): swallow sth, hook, line, and sinker
Theme: BELIEF - GULLIBILITY
to believe something completely. (Slang. These terms refer to fishing and fooling a fish into being caught. Fixed order.)
• I made up a story about why I was so late. The boss swallowed it, hook, line, and sinker.
• I feel like a fool. I swallowed it, hook, line, and sinker.
sink one's teeth into
Idiom(s): sink one's teeth into sth
Theme: EATING
to take a bite of some kind of food, usually a special kind of food.
• I can't wait to sink my teeth into a nice juicy steak.
• Look at that chocolate cake! Don't you want to sink your teeth into that?