pick (someone or something) out of a hat

To select someone or something entirely at random. I don't understand why our company is being targeted. It's as if the IRS picked us out of a hat to scrutinize! It doesn't really matter who gets promoted to assistant manager—just pick a name out of a hat for all I care!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bogdan	BAWG-dahn (Polish), BOG-dahn (Serbian, Croatian), bog-DAHN (Romanian)	Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Medieval Slavic
Kinga	KEEN-gah (Polish), KEEN-gaw (Hungarian)	Polish, Hungarian
Shifra	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Doirend	-	Irish Mythology
Kailee	KAY-lee	English (Modern)
Eloisa	e-lo-EE-zah	Italian