buy a pig in a poke

buy a pig in a poke
1) покупать что-л. не глядя, заглазно или не зная ценности; ≈ купить кота в мешке [этим. фр. acheter chat en poche]; см. тж. a pig in a poke и sell a pig in a poke

‘Are you sure you're not buying a pig in a poke?’ Thomas asked. ‘...Pig in a poke,’ said Barsiny. ‘We know your work, Mr. Benda.’ (S. Heym, ‘The Eyes of Reason’, book I, ch. 10) — - А вы уверены, что не покупаете кота в мешке? - спросил Томас. - Кота в мешке? - повторил Барсини. - Но мы ведь знаем ваши произведения, господин Бенда.

2) принять на себя обязательство или принять решение, не зная о вытекающих из него последствиях

The next evening Rollie told me everything was fixed up with the master mechanik but he couldn't be expected to buy a pig in a poke. He wanted to look me over first to see that I was sound in body and reasonably sound in mind. (J. Conroy, ‘The Disinherited’, part I, ch. X) — На следующий вечер Ролли сказал мне, что есть полная договоренность с главным механиком, но нельзя предполагать, что тот примет на работу совершенно неизвестного ему человека. Он хотел сперва посмотреть на меня и убедиться в том, что я здоров физически и хотя бы относительно здоров в психическом отношении.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • buy a pig in a poke — buy something without seeing it or knowing if it will be satisfactory You shouldn t buy that car without first inspecting it. It is like buying a pig in a poke …   Idioms and examples

  • buy a pig in a poke — buy something without been seen in advance …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Pig in a poke — is an idiom that refers to a confidence trick originating in the Late Middle Ages, when meat was scarce but apparently rats and cats were not.The scheme entailed the sale of a suckling pig in a poke (bag). The wriggling bag actually contained a… …   Wikipedia

  • pig in a poke — something offered in such a way that the one to whom it is offered does not know exactly what the thing is nor what its real value is was too shrewd ever to buy a pig in a poke * * * something not adequately appraised or of undetermined value, as …   Useful english dictionary

  • pig in a poke — Date: 1562 something offered in such a way as to obscure its real nature or worth < unwilling to buy a pig in a poke > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • pig in a poke — If someone buys a pig in a poke, they buy something without checking the condition it was in, usually finding out later that it was defective …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • pig in a poke —    If someone buys a pig in a poke, they buy something without checking the condition it was in, usually finding out later that it was defective.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Pig in a poke —   If someone buys a pig in a poke, they buy something without checking the condition it was in, usually finding out later that it was defective …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • a pig in a poke — see under ↑poke2 • • • Main Entry: ↑pig a pig in a poke A thing bought unseen, or a commitment made to something unknown or unknowable • • • Main Entry: ↑poke * * * I something that is bought or accepted without knowing its value or seeing it… …   Useful english dictionary

  • pig — [pig] n. pl. pigs or pig [ME pigge, orig., young pig (replacing OE swin) < OE * picga, as in picgbread, mast, pig s food] 1. any swine, esp. the unweaned young of the thick bodied domesticated species (Sus scrofa): see HOG (sense 1) 2. meat… …   English World dictionary


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