not touch with a ten-foot pole

not touch (someone or something) with a ten-foot pole

To not want to become in any way involved in or with someone or something. Primarily heard in US. You might think John is attractive, but I wouldn't touch him with a ten-foot pole. He seems like a creep. Get that cocaine away from me. I wouldn't touch that stuff with a ten-foot pole!

not touch someone or something with a ten-foot pole

Cliché not to have anything to do with someone or something. (Always negative.) No, I won't hire Fred. I wouldn't touch him with a ten-foot pole. I wouldn't touch that job with a ten-foot pole.

not touch with a ten-foot pole

Stay far away from, avoid completely, as in Ronald wouldn't touch raw oysters with a ten-foot pole. This expression dates from the mid-1700s, when it began to replace the earlier not to be handled with a pair of tongs. In the 1800s barge-pole was sometimes substituted for ten-foot pole, but that variant has died out.

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释义	not touch with a ten-foot pole not touch (someone or something) with a ten-foot pole To not want to become in any way involved in or with someone or something. Primarily heard in US. You might think John is attractive, but I wouldn't touch him with a ten-foot pole. He seems like a creep. Get that cocaine away from me. I wouldn't touch that stuff with a ten-foot pole! See also: not, pole, touch Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. not touch someone or something with a ten-foot pole Cliché not to have anything to do with someone or something. (Always negative.) No, I won't hire Fred. I wouldn't touch him with a ten-foot pole. I wouldn't touch that job with a ten-foot pole. See also: not, pole, touch McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. not touch with a ten-foot pole Stay far away from, avoid completely, as in Ronald wouldn't touch raw oysters with a ten-foot pole. This expression dates from the mid-1700s, when it began to replace the earlier not to be handled with a pair of tongs. In the 1800s barge-pole was sometimes substituted for ten-foot pole, but that variant has died out. See also: not, pole, touch The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also: do something for (someone or something) do something for somebody/something bit of fluff bit of skirt babe magnet a hot number a blot on the landscape blot on the landscape landscape there's something about (someone or something)
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