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sight unseen

[sight unseen] {adv. phr.} Before seeing it; before seeing her, him, or them. * /Tom read an ad about a car and sent the money for it sight unseen./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

pig in a poke

[pig in a poke] {n. phr.} An unseen bargain; something accepted or bought without looking at it carefully. * /Buying land by mail is buying a pig in a poke: […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

somebody up there loves/hates me

[somebody up there loves/hates me] {slang} An expression intimating that an unseen power in heaven, such as God, has been favorable or unfavorable to the one making the exclamation. * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

sight

[sight] See: [AT FIRST GLANCE] or [AT FIRST SIGHT], [AT SIGHT] or [ON SIGHT], [CATCH SIGHT OF], [HEAVE IN SIGHT], [LOSE SIGHT OF], [ON SIGHT], [SET ONE'S SIGHTS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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