to not touch somebody or something with a ten-foot pole
to not touch somebody or something with a ten-foot pole
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to have nothing to do with someone or something
Dialect
American
American
Idiom
Informal
예시들
After the recent controversies, the company's reputation is so tarnished that potential investors would n't touch it with a ten-foot pole.
Jim would n't touch that old, dilapidated house with a ten-foot pole, considering the extensive repairs it needed.
