buy a pig in a poke
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"You're not just asking us to buy a pig in a poke, you're just asking us to buy a poke - because there's not much pig in it at the moment," he said.
From The Guardian • Nov. 21, 2012
There is no need for the party to buy a pig in a poke.
From Time Magazine Archive
His comment could have been echoed by politicians in scores of cities and counties where the electorate refused to buy a pig in a poke.
From Time Magazine Archive
The American people are asked to buy a pig in a poke.
From Time Magazine Archive
A poke likewise means a sack: whence, to buy a pig in a poke, i.e. to buy any thing without seeing or properly examining it.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis
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