a shot in the dark-- an attempt without much hope of success / a wild guess
盲目瞎猜或臆测（通常指碰對或猜中）

相同於口語化的說法-(瞎貓碰到死耗子)或(亂槍打鳥)

Example:
Oprah: "That was a quite difficult question. How did you get it right?"
那是個很難的問题，你是怎麼答對的？

Jimmy: well, "I just took a shot in the dark."
我只是瞎猜。

Example:
Sherry: I was amazed that how you hit the jackpot?
我很驚訝!你是怎麼中獎的?

Billy: It was just a shot in the dark. I had no idea how I exactly hit the numbers.
我也不知道，我只是瞎猜的。
2012/8/21( Billy 收錄於 比利嘎英文 )

 

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