fly\ blind

fly\ blind
v. phr.
1. To fly an airplane by instruments alone.

In the heavy fog he had to fly blind.

2. informal To do something without understanding what you are doing.

I'm glad the car runs now; I was flying blind when I fixed it.

He's flying blind when he talks about philosophy.


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