in the dark

Meaning

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Without light; somewhere that is dark.
I tripped over his suitcase in the dark.

(idiomatic) Without information.
Management kept the board of directors completely in the dark.
I was in the dark about the surprise party until I walked in.
They remained in the dark until the newspaper story came out.

(poker slang) Without looking at one's hole cards, thus not knowing what they are.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

nero darkling unconscious ignorant nighttime baffled blindfolded unwitting benighted backstage unenlightened unknowing nocturnally untaught incognizant
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Antonyms

aware lighted primed ablaze lustrous neon
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Examples

Confession is like a bridle that keeps the soul which reflects on it from committing sin, but anything left unconfessed we continue to do without fear as if in the dark. John Climacus

An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark - that is critical genius. Billy Wilder

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. Helen Keller

All cats are gray in the dark. Vietnamese Proverb

Gypsy gold does not chink and glitter, it gleams in the sun and neighs in the dark. Gypsy Proverb

All cats are grey in the dark. English Proverb

Words in the phrase

in the dark

Close letter words and terms

in the crosshairs in the crown in the current moment in the dark about in the dark ages in the darkness