the blind leading the blind
used todescribeasituationwhere apersonwhoknowsnothing is gettingadviceandhelpfrom anotherpersonwhoknowsalmostnothing
盲人教瞎子；外行指导外行Inexperienced people and lack of experience
- apprentice
- beginner
- blind
- dilettante
- freshman
- functional illiterate
- greenhorn
- lightweight
- muggle
- naïf
- neophyte
- newcomer
- nonspecialist
- not know the meaning of the wordidiom
- novice
- probationer
- rookie
- upstart
- virgin
- virginity
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the blind leading the blind
This is a supreme example oftheblindleadingtheblind.
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It is a question oftheblindleadingtheblind.
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It was the case oftheblindleadingtheblind—and, unfortunately, it was we who were the blind and who have fallen into the ditch.
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In view of the subject of the motion and the signatories to it, it is a case oftheblindleadingtheblind.
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To deny these facts or to attempt, not to realise their import would be an act oftheblindleadingtheblind.
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This is a case oftheblindleadingtheblind.
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Perhaps we shall havetheblindleadingtheblind.
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It is a case oftheblindleadingtheblind.
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They aretheblindleadingtheblind.
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Under our present procedures, however conscientious people are, and even though they may miss some procedural tricks, it is a case oftheblindleadingtheblind.
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This is no question oftheblindleadingtheblind; rather is it the impoverished and the pressurised leading the baffled and the dispirited and the suspicious.
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Theblindleadingtheblind.
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It's a case oftheblindleadingtheblind.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The title is a play on the figure of speech,theblindleadingtheblind.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He links this to the metaphor oftheblindleadingtheblind, if you follow one who can not see you will simply follow the blind one into disaster.
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- uncluttered
- uncoated
- uncollectable
- uncollected
- uncomfortable
- uncomfortable position
- uncomfortable situation
- uncomfortably
- uncommercialized
- uncommitted
- uncommon
- uncommonly
- uncommon occurrence
- uncommon phenomenon
- uncommunicative
- uncompassionate
- uncompensated
- uncompetitive
- uncomplaining
- uncomplainingly
- uncompleted
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- uncomplimentary
- uncomprehending