the blind leading the blind

idiom

used informally to describe a situation in which someone who is not sure about how to do something is helping another person who also is not sure about how to do it
I'll try to help, but it's the blind leading the blind because I've never done this before either.

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“The blind leading the blind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20blind%20leading%20the%20blind. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.

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