buy a pig in a poke



buy a pig in a poke

Fig. to buy something without looking inside first. If you don't get a good look at the engine of a used car before you buy it, you'll wind up buying a pig in a poke. I just took the salesman's word that this camera worked. I guess I bought a pig in a poke.
See also: buy, pig, poke

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ifan-Welsh
Chisomochee-SO-moSouthern African, Chewa
KolomanKO-lo-mahn (German)German (Rare), Slovak
FinbarrFIN-barIrish
Cande-Spanish
Pipaluk-Native American, Greenlandic