not touch something/somebody (with a bargepole)

British EnglishBrE, not touch something/somebody with a ten-foot pole American EnglishAVOID used to say that you think someone or something is bad and people should not be involved with them 决不与某事/某人有任何牵连；千万不要与某事/某人有瓜葛

I wouldn’t touch him with a bargepole.

我不想和他有任何牵连。

Financial analysts have warned investors not to touch these offers with a ten-foot pole.

财经分析家告诫投资者千万不要理会这些提议。

Examples from the Corpus

not touch something/somebody (with a bargepole)• Dole says he will not touch Medicare, and he wants to throw more money at the Pentagon.• I reached out to feel your forehead, but you burned so hot I could not touch you with my bare hands.• If you have a chest, head or abdominal wound, keep as quiet as possible - do not touch the wound.• Its theory is both rigorous and self-consistent and has provided descriptions of many aspects which structural grammar did not touch upon.• So if he got on the stand, Harvester could not touch him.• The meter and service pipe should not touch or be close to any electrical conduit or apparatus.• They do not touch every topic, nor every region.• You can't hate what you can not touch, I can't even feel what most people think of as despair.

→ not touch something/somebody (with a bargepole) at touch1(4)

词汇	not touch something/somebody (with a bargepole)
释义	not touch something/somebody (with a bargepole) not touch something/somebody (with a bargepole) British EnglishBrE, not touch something/somebody with a ten-foot pole American EnglishAVOID used to say that you think someone or something is bad and people should not be involved with them 决不与某事/某人有任何牵连；千万不要与某事/某人有瓜葛 I wouldn’t touch him with a bargepole. 我不想和他有任何牵连。 Financial analysts have warned investors not to touch these offers with a ten-foot pole. 财经分析家告诫投资者千万不要理会这些提议。 Examples from the Corpus not touch something/somebody (with a bargepole)• Dole says he will not touch Medicare, and he wants to throw more money at the Pentagon.• I reached out to feel your forehead, but you burned so hot I could not touch you with my bare hands.• If you have a chest, head or abdominal wound, keep as quiet as possible - do not touch the wound.• Its theory is both rigorous and self-consistent and has provided descriptions of many aspects which structural grammar did not touch upon.• So if he got on the stand, Harvester could not touch him.• The meter and service pipe should not touch or be close to any electrical conduit or apparatus.• They do not touch every topic, nor every region.• You can't hate what you can not touch, I can't even feel what most people think of as despair. → not touch something/somebody (with a bargepole) at touch1(4)
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