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- wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole
wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole
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.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
AmÁLie | | - | Czech |
Aquilinus | | - | Ancient Roman |
Luisa | | LWEE-sah (Spanish), LWEE-zah (Italian) | Spanish, Italian |
Ismail | | - | Arabic, Uyghur |
Herb | | HURB | English |
Sarra | | - | Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic |