not to touch (something) with a ten-foot pole

not to touch (something) with a ten-foot pole  {v. phr.}
To consider something completely undesirable or uninteresting.
Some people won't touch spinach with a ten-foot pole.
Kids who wouldn't touch an encyclopedia with a ten-foot pole love to find information with this computer program.
Categories: foot love verb
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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