wouldn't touch so/sth with a ten-foot pole

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wouldn't touch (so/sth) with a ten-foot pole definition


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    would not get involved with someone or something. : Forget it. I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Wouldn't touch so/sth with a ten-foot pole is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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