blind leading the blind

blind leading the blind
The blind leading the blind
Prov. Someone who is not capable of dealing with a situation is guiding someone else who is not capable of dealing with it. (See also a case of the blind leading the blind.) •

Jill: Mike is helping me fill out my tax forms this year. Jane: Is he a tax expert? Jill: He read a book about income tax once. Jane: Sounds to me like the blind leading the blind.

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Nathan offered to be my guide through Philadelphia, but since he'd never been there before either, it was a case of the blind leading the blind.

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One or more people who do not know or understand something trying to explain it to others who do not know or understand. * /Jimmy is trying to show Bill how to skate. The blind are leading the blind./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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