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not touch with a ten foot pole
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2010/04/09 18:41 UTC 版)
語源
This expression may have been derived by the 10-foot poles that river boatmen used to pole their boats with, along in shallow water, or from the barge poles that bargemen used to fend off wharfs and other boats.
動詞
not touch (something) with a ten foot pole
- (idiomatic) To avoid something at all costs; to refuse to associate with something; signifies a strong aversion.
- Ambrose Bierce (under the pseudonym Dod Grile), The Fiend's Delight In conclusion, his respect for letter-writing ladies is so great that he would not touch one of them with a ten-foot pole.
- 1999. David Morefield, The Guardian: I spy, the new 007:
- (idiomatic) To be unable (perhaps figuratively) to approach something or someone.
- Francis Lynde, The Quickening:
- On the contrary, my dear Mr. Gordon, it is because I do know him, or know of him, that I am turning him over to you. You are the one person in the world to obtain that coal lease. I confess I couldn't touch the Major with a ten-foot pole, any more than you could go North and get the cash. But you are his neighbor, and he likes you. What you recommend, he'll do.
- Ambrose Bierce, The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Vol. 8:
- Francis Lynde, The Quickening:
使用する際の注意点
This expression is nearly always used in the negative.
参考
- not be caught dead
- over my dead body
- touch with a barge pole
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