pig in a poke
English
Etymology
Reportedly from the practice of substituting a butchered cat, etc. for a suckling pig when sold in a sack at a market. Other theories circulate but all involve the purchase of a cat in a bag, where the buyer expected better.
Noun
pig in a poke (plural pigs in a poke or pigs in pokes)
Translations
something whose true value is concealed or unknown
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