"DJS0302" > wrote in message
...
> Does anyone know the expression that means to describe something that
looks
> valuable at first glance but turns out to be worthless? I want to say "A
pig
> in a poke" but I'm not sure if that's it.


Buying a Pig in a Poke is buying sight unseen and usually being taken in the
process. In the South, a poke is a sack. Buying a pig in a sack, unable
to see the final product, is not suggested. Therefore, if you just take
someone's word for something without checking into it yourself, you are
buying a pig in a poke.
-Ginny