On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 01:45:18 -0500, Rodney Myrvaagnes
> wrote:

> On 22 Jan 2005 22:04:31 GMT, ospam (DJS0302) wrote:
>
> >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.
>
> No. That means you don't know what you are buying. Of course it may
> turn out to be worthless, but a poke is a bag. You can't see the pig.
>
I thought a poke was a box/cage, but the point of the saying
is that you CAN'T SEE the pig you want to buy.

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