I wouldn't touch her with a bargepole

I wouldn't touch her with a bargepole
I wouldn’t touch it/him/her/etc with a bargepole british phrase
used for emphasizing that you do not want to be involved with a person or situation, or that you advise someone else not to be involved
Thesaurus: way of saying that you will not do somethingsynonym
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