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bargepole

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bargepole [ˈbɑːdʒˌpəʊl]
n
1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) a long pole used to propel a barge
not touch with a bargepole Informal to refuse to have anything to do with
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bargepole
nBootsstange f; I wouldn’t touch it/him with a bargepole (Brit inf) → von so etwas/so jemandem lasse ich die Finger (inf); (out of disgust, distaste) → das/den würde ich noch nicht mal mit der Kneifzange anfassen (inf)


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“Personally I wouldn't touch this stock with a ten foot bargepole at these prices but I really hope the deal goes through.
It looks worryingly like the government has used large amounts of taxpayers' money to tempt Mr Hoffman into a job that no one else would touch with a bargepole.
As any motor racing petrolhead will tell you, people working for McClaren wouldn't touch anything of Ferrari provenance with a bargepole in the current climate of commercial espionage.
 
 
 
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