🐷 Pig
"Buy a pig in a poke"
Meaning
Buy something without checking it.
About the pig
Pigs are associated with mess and excess in folklore, which is where idioms about greed and untidiness come from.
Example sentence
Buying that radio without testing it was buying a pig in a poke.
Test yourself
Which idiom means...
Buy something without checking it.
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"Pig-headed"
Very stubborn and unwilling to change your mind.
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"Guinea pig"
A person used to test something new.
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"When pigs fly"
Used to say something will never happen.
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"Buy a pig in a poke"
To buy something without checking it first.
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"Cast pearls before swine"
To offer something valuable to people who do not appreciate it.
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"Go whole hog"
To do something completely, not halfway.