blind man's buff

British  

noun

1. a game in which a blindfolded person tries to catch and identify the other players

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Etymology

Origin of blind man's buff

C16: buff, perhaps from Old French buffe a blow; see _buffet ²

Example Sentences

With no defined front line in vast Sumatra�more than twice the size of Korea�most of the skirmishes between the rebels and President Sukarno's government have been as haphazard as blind man's buff.

From Time Magazine Archive

American diplomacy has been playing at blind man's buff in Southeast Asia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bumping into him in a game of blind man's buff, she considers it a happy portent and they elope to Vienna.

From Time Magazine Archive

She could hawk with a merlin, or play blind man’s buff, or pince-merille.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Thus, despite the wonderful work which had been accomplished by the convoy, the Allied effort to destroy the submarine was still largely a game of blind man's buff.

From The Victory At Sea by Hendrick, Burton J.