be a Londoner/patriot/politician through and through (redirected from be a patriot through and through)

be a [Londoner/patriot/politician etc.] through and through

if someone is a Londoner etc. or is French etc. through and through, they behave in a way that is typical of such a person and that is the most important part of their character. He always managed to say the right thing. He was a politician through and through. She never really settled in England. She was French through and through.

See also: patriot, through