not touch with a ten-foot pole
Stay far away from, avoid completely, as in Ronald wouldn't touch raw oysters with a ten-foot pole. This expression dates from the mid-1700s, when it began to replace the earlier not to be handled with a pair of tongs. In the 1800s barge-pole was sometimes substituted for ten-foot pole, but that variant has died out.
Words nearby not touch with a ten-foot pole
not the only fish in the sea,
not think much of,
not to be sneezed at,
not to mention,
not to worry,
not touch with a ten-foot pole,
not turn a hair,
not up to,
not worth a damn,
not-,
not-for-profit