in the dark

Meaning

1. Editorial60% of films

   in a place or at a time with no light

2. Oxford15% of films

   knowing nothing about sth

In the movies · 80

• We are a little in the dark here, but any ideas you may have ...The Untouchables1987
• Thank you, but my exact question is-- How much?The Spanish Prisoner1997
• >>THEY INCLUDED GASTROINTESTINAL OPERATIONS,>EYE PROCEDURES, AND THE REMOVAL>OF HER SALIVARY GLANDS.<< I was just as much in the dark as everybody else.Mommy Dead and Dearest2017
• ...in the dark.The Aviator2004
• In the dark?The Devil's Advocate1997
• Naked in the dark.The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003
• Back there in the dark.The Mist2007
• You hid in the dark.Black Widow2021

Learn it in full scenes

• The Mist2007
  • The Mist Reaches the Store
  • David Argues With His Neighbor
  • David Argues the Mist Is Real

From the same entry

• a dark horse
• keep dark
• after dark
• a shot in the dark
• a leap in the dark

More idioms

• to ourselves
• what's the deal
• what's with
• be bad news
• for the love of god
• out of order
• round here
• nothing like
• have a roof over your head
• nothing much
• the last i heard
• keep clear