in the dark | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Withoutinformation.Management kept the board of directors completelyin the dark.They remainedin the darkuntil the newspaper story came out.1897, Richard Marsh,The Beetle:You must remember, Mr Atherton, that I am whollyin the darkas to what has happened.1983,James C. H. Shen, “Beginnings of Endings”, in Robert Myers, editor,The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally‎[1],Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd.,→ISBN,→LCCN,→OCLC, page18:Until two or three days before Carter's December 15 announcement, the State Department spokesman was still saying that no decisions had been reached on the timing and the modality for normalization of relations with Peking. Meanwhile, the administration had been keeping Congress, including its leadership, completelyin the dark. Then, taking advantage of the Christmas holidays, during which no one was watching on Capitol Hill, Carter sprang his surprise.; (pokerslang)Without looking at one'shole cards, thus not knowing what they are.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Withoutlight; somewhere that isdark.I tripped over his suitcasein the dark.

Examples:

EN: Do not go out with a dagger in the dark.
ES: ... No con la daga en la oscuridad.
EN: The duel in the dark.
ES: Duelo en la oscuridad.
EN: You have worked in the dark long enough... this is the plan I have been developing for two years.
ES: "Llevas demasiado tiempo trabajando sin saber el motivo... éste es el plan en el que llevo trabajando 2 años."
EN: "Each one was like hearing your voice there in the dark.
ES: "Con cada una oía tu voz, ahí, en la oscuridad.
EN: "I languished long in the dark cave until I succeeded in lighting the Lamp"
ES: "Languidecí largo tiempo en la oscura caverna ...hasta que logré encender la Lámpara"
EN: Abandoned, mysterious, there appeared in the dark of night ... the huge building of the Beely Circus, the gates of which had been closed for many years.
ES: Abandonado, misterioso, aparecía en la oscuridad de la noche... el gigantesco edificio del Circo Beely, cuyas puertas llevaban cerradas muchos años.
EN: NAVARRE appears in the dark Verdun sky.
ES: NAVARRA aparecía en el cielo sombrío de Verdún.
EN: On and on this power has been working in the dark.
ES: Un poder superior ha estado trabajando en la oscuridad.
EN: Possibly because he knew the murderer, just as the murderer knew his way about this house in the dark.
ES: Probablemente porque conocía al asesino, igual que el asesino sabía orientarse por la casa en la oscuridad.
EN: "But only the sub-glacial stream roared down in the dark."
ES: Pero abajo en la oscuridad únicamente se oía el río subglacial...
EN: It sneaks up on you in the dark.
ES: Te pilla por sorpresa en la oscuridad.
EN: Cold up here in the night patrol, awful to be in the dark.
ES: Hace frío aquí en la patrulla nocturna. Es horrible estar en la oscuridad.
EN: ♪ ♪ You and I in the dark ♪
ES: ♪ Tú y yo en la oscuridad ♪
ES: ♪ Tú y yo en la oscuridad ♪
EN: ♪ You and I in the dark ♪
ES: ♪ Tú y yo en la oscuridad ♪
EN: But anyone standing in the dark on a charge like that...
ES: Es interesante la forma cómo se les enfrentó.

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