wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole
I wouldn't touch (someone or something) with a ten-foot pole
I do not want to become in any way involved in or with something or someone. Primarily heard in US. Get that cocaine away from me. I wouldn't touch that junk with a ten-foot pole! You might think John is attractive, but I wouldn't touch him with a ten-foot pole. He seems like a creep.
See also: pole, touch
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
wouldn't touch someone or something with a ten-foot pole
Cliché would not be involved with something under any circumstances. I know about the piece of vacant land for sale on Maple Street. I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole because there used to be a gas station there and the soil is polluted. Tom said he wouldn't touch Sally with a ten-foot pole.
See also: pole, touch
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- I wouldn't touch (someone or something) with a ten-foot pole
- I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole
- wouldn’t touch someone/something with a ten-foot pole
- I wouldn't touch (something or someone) with a barge pole
- chip
- chips
- up on (one's) ear
- addict
- addict (one) to (something)
- addict to