- hit and miss
- some right and some wrong, trial and error
Hiring good help is still a hit-and-miss procedure.
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hit and miss
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hit and miss — See: HIT OR MISS … Dictionary of American idioms
hit and miss — See: HIT OR MISS … Dictionary of American idioms
Hit and miss engine — A hit and miss engine is a type of four stroke internal combustion engine that was conceived in the late 1800s and was produced by various companies from the 1890s through approximately the 1930s. The name comes from the method of speed control… … Wikipedia
hit-and-miss — adjective Date: 1897 sometimes successful and sometimes not ; not reliably good or successful … New Collegiate Dictionary
hit or miss — also[hit and miss] {adv.} In an unplanned or uncontrolled way; aimlessly; carelessly. * /George didn t know which house on the street was Jane s, so he began ringing doorbells hit or miss./ … Dictionary of American idioms
hit or miss — also[hit and miss] {adv.} In an unplanned or uncontrolled way; aimlessly; carelessly. * /George didn t know which house on the street was Jane s, so he began ringing doorbells hit or miss./ … Dictionary of American idioms
hit-or-miss — also[hit and miss] {adj.} Unplanned; uncontrolled; aimless; careless. * /John did a lot of hit or miss reading, some of it about taxes./ * /Mary packed her bag in hurried, hit or miss fashion./ … Dictionary of American idioms
hit-or-miss — also[hit and miss] {adj.} Unplanned; uncontrolled; aimless; careless. * /John did a lot of hit or miss reading, some of it about taxes./ * /Mary packed her bag in hurried, hit or miss fashion./ … Dictionary of American idioms
hit-or-miss — adjective Date: 1848 marked by a lack of care, forethought, system, or plan; also hit and miss … New Collegiate Dictionary
Hit or Miss — For the article about the New Found Glory song, see Hit or Miss (Waited Too Long) . Hit or Miss is a solitaire card game which uses a deck of 52 playing cards. It is one of the unique solitaire card games because the player only deals the cards… … Wikipedia
Miss Guided — Genre Situation comedy Created by Caroline Williams Starring Judy Greer Brooke Burns Earl Billings Kristoffer Polaha Chris Parnell … Wikipedia
