Emotions & feelings
be a sucker for something
be unable to resist something enjoyable
If you are a sucker for something, you like it so much that you find it hard to refuse or resist it.
Hear it in real life
Do you want another slice of cake?
Of course. I'm a sucker for anything with chocolate.
I'm a sucker for old detective films, even when I know how they end.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I'm a sucker of romantic films.
Say: I'm a sucker for romantic films.
The fixed phrase uses the preposition “for,” not “of,” before the thing you cannot resist.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be a sucker for a good story; be a sucker for anything with chocolate
Your turn: say it out loud
I'm a sucker for old detective films, even when I know how they end.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
be a sucker for something
be unable to resist something enjoyable
“I'm a sucker for old detective films, even when I know how they end.”
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