crapshoot
nounEtymology From crap + shoot.
1
A game of craps.
2
US, Figuratively A venture with a highly risky or unpredictable outcome.
- "Well, yeah, I can see that. It's not like he lives in the 'hood, yadamean? Who comes way out here? It'd be a real crapshoot. People out here'd either pull a gun on you or invite you for pot roast."2013, Lisa McMann, Don't Close Your Eyes: Wake, Fade, Gone, New York, N.Y.: Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 604: