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fly blind

to try to do something new without any help or instructions. We've never dealt with Eastern Europe before, so we're flying blind. (usually in continuous tenses)

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Now, however, he no longer has to fly blind, because Bush and Rice are now singing in the same key.

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Because one can only fly blind so long, before crashing.

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The council, on the other hand, continues to fly blind.

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