“Yesterday I was scammed.”
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I’ve never once in my life heard the expression “bought a pig in a poke”. Is that really a commonly used expression and if so where?
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English Translation
I bought a pig in a poke yesterday.
I suspect that “bought a pig in a poke” is a UK idiom.
I have definitely read it several times, but I do not say it.
English Translation
I bought a pig in a poke yesterday.
A poke is a bag. From Wikipedia …
in 1555:
I wyll neuer bye the pyg in the poke