a ten-foot pole
21not touch smth with a ten-foot pole — consider something completely undesirable or uninteresting That class may be alright but because I hate the professor I wouldn t touch it with a ten foot pole …
22Wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole — (USA) If you wouldn t touch something with a ten foot pole, you would not consider being involved under any circumstances. (In British English, people say they wouldn t touch it with a bargepole) …
23would not touch something with a ten-foot pole — informal used to express a refusal to have anything to do with someone or something relax, I wouldn t touch you with a ten foot pole! …
24not touch somebody with a ten-foot pole — not touch sb/sth with a ˈbargepole idiom (BrE) (NAmE not touch sb/sth with a ten foot ˈpole) (informal) to refuse to get involved with sb/sth or in a particular situation • …
25not touch something with a ten-foot pole — not touch sb/sth with a ˈbargepole idiom (BrE) (NAmE not touch sb/sth with a ten foot ˈpole) (informal) to refuse to get involved with sb/sth or in a particular situation • …
26ten — O.E. ten (Mercian), tien (W.Saxon), from P.Gmc. *tekhan (Cf. O.S. tehan, O.N. tiu, Dan. ti, O.Fris. tian, O.Du. ten, Du. tien, O.H.G. zehan, Ger. zehn, Goth. taihun ten ), from PIE *dekm …
27pole — [ poul ] noun count ** 1. ) a long thin stick, often used for holding or supporting something: There were rows of poles supporting young bean plants. 2. ) one of two things that are completely opposite: Somewhere between the poles of wealth and… …
28pole — {{11}}pole (1) stake, O.E. pal stake, from P.Gmc. *pal , from L. palus stake (see PALE (Cf. pale)(n.)). Racing sense of inside fence surrounding a course is from 1851. Pole vault is attested from 1893. To not touch (something) with a ten foot… …
29pole — I. /poʊl / (say pohl) noun 1. a long, rounded, usually slender piece of wood, metal, etc. 2. the long tapering piece of wood extending from the front axle of a vehicle, between the animals drawing it. 3. Nautical a light spar. 4. a unit of length …
30Pole vault — Pole vaulting is an athletic field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole (which today is usually made either of fiberglass or carbon fiber) as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as… …
