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Difference between “hook, line, and sinker” and “lock, stock and barrel”

hook, line, and sinkeraccept or believe smth. completely or without reservation (usually in the phrase “swallow something hook, line, and sinker”):

  • You must not swallow hook, line and sinker all that you have been told or read.

lock, stock and barrel—taking or including everything:

  • Looking back it is hard to believe that we actually moved lock, stock and barrel to the other side of the world.