pig in a poke
Example Sentences
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“Dr. Van Helsing, I don’t quite like to ‘buy a pig in a poke,’ as they say in Scotland, and if it be anything in which my honour as a gentleman or my faith as a Christian is concerned, I cannot make such a promise.
From Literature
By the time credulous buyers got home and discovered a cat instead, unscrupulous vendors would be long gone, having gotten away with selling “a pig in a poke” — “poke” being an archaic synonym for “bag.”
From Washington Post
Charles Michel, president of the European Council, tweeted after the Johnson meeting, “Ready to put a tiger in the tank but not to buy a pig in a poke. Level playing field is essential.”
From Washington Post
The new content is, of course, a pig in a poke, but subscribers will mostly be signing on at this point for the poke itself, a fancy thing stitched together from more hours of back catalog than anyone can watch in a lifetime.
From Los Angeles Times
“Just tell me the truth. And if you don’t know, don’t ask me to buy a pig in a poke.”
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
