by guess and by golly

by guess and by golly
by guess and by gosh & by guess and by golly
Rur. by estimating; without careful planning. •

Jane: Did you have a plan for putting up that toolshed? Tom: Nope, we just sort of did it by guess and by gosh.

Grandma always made dresses by guess and by golly, without using a pattern, and they always turned out just fine.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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