not touch with a barge pole

短语

发音

AU

别名

not touch something with a ten-foot pole

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To avoid something at all costs; to refuse to associate with something; (signifies a strong aversion).

    英国 习语

词源

Probably derived from the barge poles that bargemen used to fend off wharfs and other boats.

来源：wiktionary