Sentences with phrase «a shot in the dark»

In the elevator he glances at the buttons and pushes 40, a shot in the dark.

If America wants tax reform, the only responsible approach is to first reform what should come first, the unbridled growth in entitlements that makes slashing taxes that support that spending, on hopes the economy will boom, a dangerous shot in the dark.

For them, it's a lot more like shooting in the dark.

Healthcare should be more like a trip to the grocery store and less like a shot in the dark, so take control of your healthcare journey and watch your medical costs decrease dramatically alongside your stress levels.

Based on this information, I'll have more direction and get inspiration based on what works and what doesn't, so I'm not wasting time and money shooting in the dark.

If you did not set up your tracking correctly, then you're shooting in the dark — you'll never know whether you've hit or missed.

Oilpatch executives argue Ottawa has been able to articulate a vision for climate change and Indigenous reconciliation, but the energy sector was left «shooting in the dark»

People are thrown together haphazardly with results much like target shooting in the dark.

Is your valuation estimate a shot in the dark?

Just shooting in the dark here.

The older the data, the more of a shot in the dark it is.

Those waters were muddy, nobody could see through them, a response was a shot in the dark regardless of the political party trying to shoot it.

Oh really!?! Well that's good to hear, because it was just a blind shot in the dark for me choosing a flavor since I'm not a Clif Bar expert.

It's funny, when you make recipes that come from church cookbooks, it's sometimes a shot in the dark.

Most everything I've posted lately was shot in the dark.

because that was a complete shot in the dark.

I had never tasted water kefir before, so it really was a shot in the dark.

My guess is a shot in the dark and the fact that were close to T day.

Wonder what Rashfords were like before they took a shot in the dark.

I don't think you could single out Che over these clubs yet, I think Sol is just trying be different by taking a shot in the dark on the club which was almost the first to drop off pace.

Or maybe we want a proven striker and not a shot in the dark.

Intuition, guesses, and shots in the dark are NOT research projects that get funded or get off the ground.

Most of them will fail, so its not really a shot in the dark is it?

«It was a shot in the dark under those circumstances,» said Hoch.

Hence pumping and breastfeeding are cheaper because what I've spent on a pump in the past isn't a shot in the dark to what my formula mama friends have spent.

With so many options, sizes, colors, and styles, choosing the right stroller can sometimes feel like a shot in the dark.

If their point was to bring attention to the child led, parent bonding method, this picture was a shot in the dark.

In the past, what we've done thinking we were modernizing and mechanizing agriculture and I think that was a shot in the dark, it was a mistake and I hope the new government learns from our mistake.»

Neuroscience companies that started in the»80s tended to focus on particular neurotrophic or growth factors, he says, and were little better than shots in the dark.

While this year's vaccine is a much better match to the circulating seasonal strains of influenza, the shifty nature of the virus and the need to pick the viruses used to make global vaccine stocks well before the onset of the flu season can make vaccine strain selection a shot in the dark.

«Shot in the dark: New surveillance tool called shotspotter tracks and records incidents of gunfire.»

In short, while politicians focus on whether the government's investment could lead to an economic blockbuster — a shot in the dark when it comes to basic research — a surer bet is that it will create more scientifically trained workers.

«Otherwise we'd just be shooting in the dark.

I love making this versatile penne with salmon dish because when cooking for others, you're taking a shot in the dark.

This is still just a shot in the dark.

It's perfect for someone who has been banging weights around and getting no results whatsoever because he / she has never stopped to understand the principles of training and progressive overload in the first place... the person who has spent all his training time shooting in the dark.

I'm shooting in the dark with SCFA.

It was a total shot in the dark, but it actually ended up working really well.

Maybe a lower dose would have been possible, but I didn't know and my doc was shooting in the dark!

Prescribing estrogen without measuring progesterone, testosterone, and growth hormone levels is like taking a shot in the dark.

His estimate of 800-1100 was a shot in the dark that didn't include the fat he was eating, or the nuts, chocolate or the green smoothies every day.

At present, we are shooting in the dark assuming that the same probiotics are good for everyone.

The average beauty product costs $ 20 - $ 50 and purchasing new products can be a shot in the dark.

Here shot in the dark by Marco Giuliano and styled by Anca Macavei.

Well, I was sort of taking a shot in the dark with «date night» — my personal opinion is that this dress isn't really appropriate for much of anything / anywhere, but I also recognize that my own skin - exposure tolerance level is much lower than most, so I was trying to think of where people COULD wear this dress where I'd think «Ok, I wouldn't put it on, but it looks appropriate for the occasion»... that place definitely isn't the office, tho...

We know this is a shot in the dark but I'd really love to find women just what the title says.

For the majority of sites, matching on anything more complicated than age / sex / location was a shot in the dark.

It's critical to know what to look for in a man beyond the physical, because absent that information a senior woman is shooting in the dark.

It is like shooting in a dark dungeon, not knowing what it hits.

Instead of taking shots in the dark, come to the best singles events in your area, where singles gather to be friendly and flirtatious.