ten foot pole

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not touch something with a ten foot pole
To be unable (perhaps figuratively) to approach something or someone

the stock's gone up from nothin' out o' sight. You couldn't tech that stock with a ten-foot pole!.

not touch something with a ten foot pole
To avoid something at all costs; to refuse to associate with something; signifies a strong aversion

Serious actors of the world wouldn't touch the part with a ten-foot pole.

not to touch something with a ten-foot pole
(deyim) Consider something completely undesirable or uninteresting. "Some people won't touch spinach with a ten-foot pole."; "Kids who wouldn't touch an encyclopedia with a ten-foot pole love to find information with this computer program."
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