Meaning of A SHOT IN THE DARK - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles
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So in English when we say something is a shot
in the dark it means that it is a guess.
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It means that you don't know the answer but
you decided that you would take a guess.
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So maybe someone asks you a very complex and
difficult math question, and you aren't sure
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what the answer is, you could just take a
shot in the dark, you could just guess.
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So maybe they say, "What's 10 x 5?", and maybe
you're not really good at math and you're
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not sure what 10x5 is, you might just think,
"I'll take a shot in the dark and I'll say
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50, and I'll hope I get it right."
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So again in English a shot in the dark is
like a guess.
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I think it's from a long time ago when people
had guns and if you shot into the dark you
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would be lucky if you hit something.
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