not touch something with a barge pole
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I wouldn't touch something with a barge pole. — I wouldn t touch (someone/something) with a barge pole. British & Australian, informal, American & Australian, informal something that you say which means that you think someone or something is so bad that you do not want to be involved with them … New idioms dictionary
I wouldn't touch someone with a barge pole. — I wouldn t touch (someone/something) with a barge pole. British & Australian, informal, American & Australian, informal something that you say which means that you think someone or something is so bad that you do not want to be involved with them … New idioms dictionary
touch with a barge pole — I wouldn t touch (someone/something) with a barge pole. British & Australian, informal, American & Australian, informal something that you say which means that you think someone or something is so bad that you do not want to be involved with them … New idioms dictionary
I wouldn't touch with a barge pole. — I wouldn t touch (someone/something) with a barge pole. British & Australian, informal, American & Australian, informal something that you say which means that you think someone or something is so bad that you do not want to be involved with them … New idioms dictionary
barge pole — also bargepole PHRASE: V inflects If you say that you wouldn t touch something with a barge pole, you mean that you would not want to have anything to do with it, either because you do not trust it, or because you do not like it. [BRIT, INFORMAL] … English dictionary
barge·pole — /ˈbɑɚʤˌpoʊl/ noun, pl poles [count] : a long pole that is used to guide or steer a barge not touch (someone or something) with a bargepole see ↑touch, 1 … Useful english dictionary
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