don't bring a knife to a gunfight
don't bring a knife to a gunfight
Don't come poorly prepared or equipped for some task, goal, competition, or confrontation. Make sure you have researched your position thoroughly and comprehensively before the debate. You don't want to bring a knife to a gunfight. Of course you lost the trial—your whole case was based on speculation and anecdotal evidence. Next time, don't bring a knife to a gunfight.
See also: bring, gunfight, knife
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- thin air
- a head-scratcher
- the plural of anecdote is not data
- rubber stamp
- be no stranger to (something)
- be no/a stranger to something
- no stranger to (something)
- be down with (something)
- bad to the bone
- confirmed