wouldn't touch it with a bargepole

wouldn't touch it with a bargepole

Would not do or be involved with something at all; would not get close to something. Primarily heard in UK. Do you really think I'm the person to call when you see a spider? I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole! I know that Sue is a terrible cook, so I wouldn't touch that meal with a bargepole!
See also: bargepole, touch
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
  • a fast talker
  • a ghost at the feast
  • (you've) got to get up pretty early in the morning to (do something)
  • a walking
  • a walking (something)
  • a/the feel of (something)
  • (something) is one thing, (something else) is (quite) another
  • a straw will show which way the wind blows
  • a crack at (someone or something)
References in periodicals archive
For every lawyer with ambitions to be a politician I can show you a hundred who wouldn't touch it with a bargepole - myself included!
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I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole unless I have absolutely no doubt that the firm is a 100 per cent household name that I would trust implicitly.
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ALTON Towers bosses have snubbed an offer to buy the Dome's Body Zone figure - saying they wouldn't touch it with a bargepole.
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Normally I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole because it's usually a travesty, but I suspected this would be good, and it was.
Secco's meal deeply satisfies