grope in the dark

1. Literally, to feel about without the use of one's eyes, as due to blindness or an absence of light. I was groping in the dark down in this basement for ten minutes before I could find a light switch.

2. To seek (something) in a blind, aimless, or uncertain manner, especially to find a solution, meaning, or sense of purpose. We've been groping in the dark for a way to pay our mortgage, but I just don't see how we'll be able to afford it. Pretty much everyone gropes in the dark at some point or another, trying to figure out the meaning of life.

词组	grope in the dark
释义	grope in the dark grope in the dark 1. Literally, to feel about without the use of one's eyes, as due to blindness or an absence of light. I was groping in the dark down in this basement for ten minutes before I could find a light switch. 2. To seek (something) in a blind, aimless, or uncertain manner, especially to find a solution, meaning, or sense of purpose. We've been groping in the dark for a way to pay our mortgage, but I just don't see how we'll be able to afford it. Pretty much everyone gropes in the dark at some point or another, trying to figure out the meaning of life. See also: dark, grope Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: reach out into reach out into (something) in petto literally feel someone up feel up hurry down hurry down (to some place) get a life Get a life! References in periodicals archive Even after about two weeks of the natural calamity, authorities continue to grope in the dark with regard to missing fishermen. Bodies of 8 more fishermen recovered off Kerala coast The Supreme Court has failed to provide guidance on the parameters of this area of law, leaving lower courts to grope in the dark. Tinkering may be in order. THE UNWANTED GAZE: The Destruction of Privacy in America
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