play it by ear["계획없이 즉흥적으로 처리하다, 임기응변으로 처리하다, 직접 부딪혀 해결하다"]

play it by ear 

: to act without making a plan ; improvise 

  "계획없이 즉흥적으로 처리하다, 임기응변으로 처리하다, 직접 부딪혀 해결하다" 

1. When I moved to Canada, I didn't know anything about the country.

    I couldn't prepare for my new life there, so I had to play it by ear.

 

 

2. "Let's have lunch together tomorrow. Where shall we go?''

    "Let's play it by ear. If it's sunny, we'll have a picnic.

     If it's raining, we'll go to a restaurant.''