a wide berth

Ample space or distance to avoid an unwanted consequence: gave their angry colleague a wide berth.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Darius	[də'raiəs]
Iolyn	-	Welsh
ŽIvka	-	Croatian, Serbian
Minerva	mi-NUR-və (English)	Roman Mythology, English
SÜHeyl	-	Turkish
Radoslava	rah-dah-SLAH-vah (Russian)	Czech, Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Medieval Slavic