acheter chat en poche

== French == === Etymology === Literally, “to buy a cat in a pouch”; compare English pig in a poke === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aʃ.te ʃa ɑ̃ pɔʃ/ === Verb === acheter chat en poche (idiomatic) to purchase without seeing the object in question; to buy on trust; to be sold a pig in a poke