Sentences with phrase «leap in the dark»

Faith in Christian language does not mean a sheer leap in the dark.

Consider this quote by Henry David Thoreau: «We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.»

I don't know about the «evangelicals», but my faith is based upon the overwhelming evidence that God is; not some mere leap in the dark.

Breaking up Britain would be a risky leap in the dark and not in Scotland's interests.»

Crucially, however, there is a certain cultural continuity with those ancient times that allows us to draw inferences and make leaps in the dark: we know we are dealing with the legacy of other humans.

We can start to discuss that (if you like) once we've determined whether your challenge was based on any knowledge on your part, or whether it was just a faith - based leap in the dark.

The transcendence of the subject to reach independent objects is either social, sympathetic, or it is a leap in the dark.

A leap in the dark.

The committee recommended the government not proceed with the reforms and called them «a leap in the dark».

There's certainly much more to be said about the economic repercussions of the Leave vote, which, alongside changes in party leadership is a genuine «leap in the dark,» but it is important to address directly and forcefully the question of popular anger that led to the success of Leave.

Such tangible hostility does not necessarily translate to support for risky moves such as leaving the EU, the «leap in the dark» as Cameron and George Osborne have both described it and will do so repeatedly over the next few months.

The prime minister, who has repeatedly characterised a decision to leave the EU as a «leap in the dark», has been accused of playing up the risks of Brexit in a strategy dubbed «Project Fear».

So these ten lords went a-leaping, but most of them leapt in the dark.

Cameron tells Boris «linking arms with Nigel Farage and George Galloway» would be «leap in the dark».

Linking arms with Nigel Farage and George Galloway and taking a leap in the dark would be a mistake, he says.

If it takes you this long to make up your mind about something so fundamental and you still have questions, then surely the right option is to stay with what you know, rather than risk our economy and security with a leap in the dark.

He has also argued Brexit would be a «leap in the dark».

Best opening by describing Brexit rapier - like as a «leap in the dark with a blindfold» and the former Labour special adviser relished taking pops at Nigel Farage, accusing him of dog whistle politics on migration.

The 1867 change in the voting system was widely hailed at the time as a «leap in the dark» and a «conservative surrender».

A vote to leave Europe will destroy young people's hopes of getting on the housing ladder... First - time buyers are better off in Europe and leaving would be a leap in the dark leaving young people worse off.

And when you look at the economic case, the case for jobs, the case for our standard of living, as well as the social case, the benefits for the protection of workers, they're all powerful reasons for us remaining in the European Union and not taking a leap in the dark.

Johnson was, by his own early admission, something of a leap in the dark for London.

If you think that a leap in the dark advocated by Chris Grayling, Nigel Farage and George Galloway is weightier than a safety in numbers argument made by David Cameron, Alan Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon, then you will vote leave.

It's kind of a leap in the dark because you don't really know how well sales will go.