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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 |
Prosper | | pro-SPER (French), PRAHS-pər (English) | French, English |
Matthan | | - | Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek |
Dave | | [deiv] | |
Franko | | - | Croatian |
Adebayo | | - | Western African, Yoruba |
ÉAnna | | - | Irish |