not\ to\ touch\ smth\ with\ a\ ten-foot\ pole

not\ to\ touch\ smth\ with\ a\ ten-foot\ pole
v. phr.
To 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.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • not 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 …   Idioms and examples

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