OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 42762

not touch with a ten-foot pole

Meanings (ES + gloss)
no tocar ni con un palo
To avoid something at all costs; to refuse to associate with something; signifies a strong aversion.
... the stock's gone up from nothin' out o' sight. You couldn't tech that stock with a ten-foot pole!
1873. Ambrose Bierce (under the pseudonym Dod Grile), The Fiend's Delight In conclusion, his respect for letter-writing ladies is so great that he would not touch one of them with…
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