wouldn’t touch someone/something with a ten-foot p



wouldn’t touch someone/something with a ten-foot pole

tv. would not get involved with someone or something. Forget it. I wouldn’t touch it with a ten-foot pole.
See also: pole, touch

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
AubrieAWB-reeEnglish (Modern)
Mccullough[mə'kʌlə]
Ourias-Biblical Greek
PippaPIP-əEnglish
Feliciefe-LEE-tsee-əGerman
Anicetus-Ancient Greek (Latinized)