pull (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 pulled us out of a hat to scrutinize! It doesn't really matter who gets promoted to assistant manager—just pull a name out of a hat for all I care!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sadbh	SIEV (Irish)	Irish, Irish Mythology
Blazh	-	Medieval Slavic
GÖZde	-	Turkish
Rosalinda	ro-sah-LEEN-dah (Spanish), ro-zah-LEEN-dah (Italian)	Spanish, Italian
Marie	ma-REE (French), mah-REE (German)	French, Czech, German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
EfigÊNia	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)