shot in the dark

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Noun

shot in the dark (plural shots in the dark)

1. (idiomatic) A guess, attempt, or choice made with little or no evidence or knowledge.

   Synonym: stab in the dark

   From listening, I can't tell who composed it. Beethoven, maybe, but that's a shot in the dark.

Related terms

• in the dark
• leap in the dark

Translations

a guess

• Danish: skud i tågen n
• Finnish: hakuammunta (fi)
• German: Schuss ins Blaue m
• Italian: ipotesi azzardata f, salto nel buio m
• Japanese: 闇夜に鉄砲 (yami yo ni teppō)