U13 – Dictionary of American Regional English

When buying or exchanging something that you have not seen, you say you’re getting it ________.

SIGHT UNSEEN	612
PIG IN A POKE	212
NR	45
BLIND	32
PIG IN A BAG	32
UNSIGHT UNSEEN	26
UNSEEN	17
CAT IN A BAG	11
ON APPROVAL	11
UNSIGHT AND UNSEEN	11
PIG IN A SACK	9
ON TRIAL	8
CAT IN A SACK	7
PIG IN THE POKE	7
CAT IN THE BAG	6
MAIL ORDER	6
PIG IN THE BAG	6
SIGHT UNSEED	6
UNSIGHT	6
IN THE DARK	5
SIGHT AND UNSEEN	5
BARGAIN	4
BLINDLY	4
AT A BARGAIN	3
BLINDFOLDED	3
BUYING BLIND	3
BY MAIL	3
GRAB BAG	3
ON FAITH	3
WITHOUT SEEING IT	3
A PIG IN A BAG	2
BLIND DEAL	2
BUYING A PIG IN A BAG	2
BY MAIL ORDER	2
EXCHANGE	2
LIKE A PIG IN A POKE	2
ON SIGHT UNSEEN	2
ON THE BLIND	2
PIG IN A BLANKET	2
AT A RISK	1
BLIND BARGAIN	1
BLIND BUY	1
BLIND SALE	1
BLIND SWAP	1
BLIND TRADE	1
BOUGHT A CAT IN A BAG	1
BOUGHT A DEAD HORSE	1
BOUGHT IT BLIND	1
BOUGHT IT IN A BAG	1
BOUGHT IT IN THE DARK	1
BOUGHT SOMETHING I AIN’T NEVER SEEN	1
BOUGHT UNSEEN	1
BUYING A HORSE UNSEEN	1
BUYING A PIG IN A POKE	1
BUYING A PIG IN THE POKE	1
BUYING IT IN A BAG	1
BY CHANCE	1
BY GUESS	1
CHEAP	1
CHEAPER	1
DARK HORSE	1
EXCHANGED	1
FAIR TRADE	1
GETTING STUCK	1
GOT IT ON TRIAL	1
HAGGLING PRICE	1
HOT	1
IN A BAG	1
IN THE BAG	1
IN THE BLIND	1
MADE TO ORDER	1
OFF HAND	1
ON A BLIND	1
ON A PROMISSORY BASIS	1
ON INSPECTION	1
ON SIGHT AND UNSEEN	1
OUT OF SIGHT PURCHASE	1
ROOKING	1
SIGHT ONSEEN	1
SIGHT UNSEEN PURCHASE	1
SNAKE IN THE BAG	1
STAB IN THE DARK	1
SURPRISE PACKAGES	1
SWAPPED	1
TAKING A CHANCE	1
TRADE	1
UNSEEN UNSIGHT	1
WITH MY EYES CLOSED	1
WITHOUT LOOKING IN THE HORSE’S MOUTH	1
WITHOUT SEEING IT FIRST	1
WITHOUT SIGHT	1
WORTH THE MONEY	1