something that is bought without examining properly
an offer or deal that is accepted without properly evaluating it first
buying something without looking at it
If you buy a used car without examining it thoroughly first, you might end up buying a pig in a poke.
Though online shopping has gained huge popularity, it can sometimes be something of a pig in a poke, as you cannot see what really you are buying.
Instead of trusting your agent and ending up buying a pig in a poke, why don’t you go and have a look at it first?
I am afraid if I accept that offer, I might end up with a pig in a poke.
I am not closing that deal until I have all the details of what they are offering. I don’t want to end up having got a pig in a poke.
The package I bought turned out to a pig in a poke.
There is no origin for this idiom
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