Idioms
not touch somebody/something with a bargepole (British English)
(North American English not touch somebody/something with a ten-foot pole)
- (informal)
to refuse to get involved with somebody/something or in a particular situation 决不与…有任何牵扯；拒不牵扯到…中去 Personally, I wouldn’t touch him or his business with a bargepole. 就我个人而言，我不会用竹竿碰他或他的生意。