blind leading the blind

Meaning: (idiomatic)A situation in which anunqualifiedperson is attempting toguide,advise, ortrainothers.Grandma teaching you to drive is like theblind leading the blind.1843,James Fenimore Cooper, “5:”, inWyandotte:"The Lord preserve us from evil times. . . . Without his grace, we are theblind leading the blind."1896,Amelia E. Barr, chapter 2, inA Knight of the Nets:"I have been giving them some good advice.""Good advice!" laughed Janet. "Between you and Jamie Logan, it is theblind leading the blind, and nothing better."1995March 1, John F. Dickerson, “Aging: Never Too Old”, inTime‎[1], retrieved4 August 2014:Instructor George Breathitt asked an audience of 300 computer enthusiasts in Louisville, Kentucky, how many seniors in the group would like to teach other seniors about computers. A younger member of the audience quipped disdainfully, "Wouldn't that be theblind leading the blind?"1999August 29, Jenny Bicks, “Games People Play”, inSex and the City, season 2, episode13, spoken by Samantha:Look, we're as fucked-up as you are. It's like theblind leading the blind.

Examples:

EN: It would be like the blind leading the blind.
ES: Pero sería como un ciego guiando a otro ciego.
EN: Three conquering heroes, stumbling along, footsore and weary, gnawed at by insects, dirty and torn and dishevelled - the blind leading the blind.
ES: Tres héroes, dando tumbos, agotados, agobiados por los insectos. Sucios, hechos trizas y perdidos. El ciego guiando a los ciegos.
EN: Yes, it certainly would. The blind leading the blind.
ES: Si, realmente si la ciega guiando a la ciega
EN: You, you don't mind the blind leading the blind for a moment, do you?
ES: ¿A usted no le importa que una ciega le abra los ojos?
EN: Talk about the blind leading the blind.
ES: Hablando de ciegos guiando a ciegos.
ES: Vaya espectáculo: un ciego guiando a otro.
EN: - The blind leading the blind.
ES: - El ciego que guía al ciego.
ES: - El ciego guiando al ciego.
EN: The blind leading the blind.
ES: El ciego guiando al ciego.
ES: El ciego guiando a los ciegos.
ES: Un ciego guiando a otro.
ES: El ciego guiando a otro ciego.
ES: El ciego guía al ciego.
EN: It's like the blind leading the blind.
ES: Es como el ciego que guía al ciego.
ES: Es como un ciego guiando a otro ciego.
ES: Somos ciegos guiando a otros ciegos.
ES: Es como si un ciego conduce a otro ciego.
EN: If you don't mind the blind leading the blind.
ES: Si la suya es un desastre, ¿qué me deja a mí?
EN: - You know, the blind leading the blind.
ES: - Ya sabe, el ciego guiando al ciego.
EN: The half-blind leading the blind.
ES: El medio ciego guiando al ciego
EN: It was literally the blind leading the blind!
ES: ¡Era literalmente un ciego guiando a otro ciego!
EN: Just what we need - the blind leading the blind.
ES: Lo que faltaba, un rey ciego en el país de los tuertos.
EN: Mr. Gordon, all parents feel... like they're the blind leading the blind.
ES: Señor Gordon, todos los padres se sienten... como ciegos guiando a ciegos.
EN: It's the blind leading the blind.
ES: Aun cuando eras una estudiante

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