| 释义 |
a leap in the darkA daring step or enterprise whose consequences are unpredictable: I had taken quite a step—a leap in the dark, in fact...- All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without the benefit of experience.
- The proposed re-denomination looks like a leap in the dark, and an exercise in futility that the nation can ill afford now.
- But the plan does seem like a leap in the dark - radical measures taken because they might work, not because there is solid reason to believe that they will work.
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