TOUCH IT WITH A TEN-FOOT POLE

Meaning of TOUCH IT WITH A TEN-FOOT POLE in English

reply, answer, comment on it, beat around the bush

If anyone in your audience asks a question about religion, don't touch it with a ten-foot pole.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

TOUCH IT WITH A TEN-FOOT POLE — reply, answer, comment on it, beat around the bush If anyone in your audience asks a question about religion, don't …
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TEN — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Hollywood Ten Ten Commandments Ten Thousand Smokes Valley of
Английский словарь Британика
POLE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) bisj pole North Pole pole construction pole vault {{link=South Pole">South Pole totem pole
Английский словарь Британика
FOOT — I End part of the leg , consisting of the heel, arch, and toes, on which a person stands. Its …
Английский словарь Британика
WITH — I. (|)wi]th, ]th, _wə] preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, preposition & adverb, against, opposite, toward, with; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOUCH — I. ˈtəch, dial ˈtech or ˈtich verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English tochen, touchen, from Old French tochier, tuchier, …
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TEN — I. ˈten adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tīen, tȳn, tēn; akin to Old High German zehan ten, Old …
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FOOT — I. ˈfu̇t, usu -u̇d.+V noun ( plural feet ˈfēt usu -ēd.+V ; also foot ; see numbered senses ) Usage: …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POLE — (n.) A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose …
Английский словарь Webster
POLE — ( n. ) A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOUCH — — touchable , adj. — touchableness, touchability , n. — toucher , n. — touchless , adj. /tuch/ , v.t. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TEN — /ten/ , n. 1. a cardinal number, nine plus one. 2. a symbol for this number, as 10 or X. …
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POLE — pole 1 — poleless , adj. /pohl/ , n. , v. , poled, poling . n. 1. a long, cylindrical, …
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FOOT — /foot/ , n. , pl. feet for 1-4, 8-11, 16, 19, 21; foots for 20; v. n. 1. (in vertebrates) …
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TEN — n. group of ten, set of ten items; playing card equal to a value of ten; ten-dollar bill
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TOUCH — I. ˈtəch verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French tucher, tuchier, from Vulgar Latin * toccare to knock, strike a bell, …
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POLE — I. ˈpōl noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pāl stake, pole, from Latin palus stake; akin to Latin pangere …
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FOOT — I. ˈfu̇t noun ( plural feet ˈfēt ; also foot ) Etymology: Middle English fot, from Old English fōt; akin …
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TEN — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tīene, from tīen, adjective, ten; akin to Old High German zehan ten, Latin …
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TEN — adj one more than nine; twice five. 2. ten ·noun a symbol representing ten units, as 10, x, or x. …
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POLE — noun the firmament; the sky. 2. pole ·noun ·see polarity, and polar, ·noun. 3. pole ·vt to stir, as molten …
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FOOT — noun the lower edge of a sail. 2. foot ·vt the size or strike with the talon. 3. foot ·vt …
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TOUCH — [touch] vb [ME, fr. OF tuchier, fr. (assumed) VL toccare to knock, strike a bell, touch, prob. of imit. origin] …
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TEN — [ten] n [ME, fr. OE tiene, fr. tien, adj., ten; akin to OHG zehan ten, L decem, Gk deka] (bef. …
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FOOT — [foot] n, pl feet also foot [ME fot, fr. OE fot; akin to OHG fuot foot, L ped-, pes, Gk …
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FOOT — plural feet in anatomy, terminal part of the leg of a land vertebrate, on which the creature stands. In most …
Britannica English vocabulary
TEN — ten BrE AmE ten ▷ tens tenz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TOUCH — / tʌtʃ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb WITH HAND / PART OF BODY 1. [ vn ] to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TEN — / ten; NAmE / number 10 HELP NOTE : There are examples of how to use numbers at the entry …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POLE — / pəʊl; NAmE poʊl/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. a long thin straight piece of wood or metal, especially …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOOT — / fʊt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun ( pl. feet / fiːt; NAmE /) PART OF BODY 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WITH — with S1 W1 /wɪð, wɪθ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: 'against, from, with' ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOUCH — I. touch 1 S2 W2 /tʌtʃ/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ touched , ↑ untouched , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TEN — ten /ten/ BrE AmE number , noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: tien ] 1 . the number 10: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POLE — I. pole 1 W3 /pəʊl $ poʊl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Sense 1: Language: Old English ; Origin: pal …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOOT — I. foot 1 S1 W1 /fʊt/ BrE AmE noun ( plural feet /fiːt/) [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOUCH — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. come into or be in physical contact with (another thing) at one or more …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TEN — n. & adj. --n. 1 one more than nine. 2 a symbol for this (10, x, X). 3 a size …
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POLE — n. 1 (in full north pole, south pole) a each of the two points in the celestial sphere about which …
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POLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a long slender rounded piece of wood or metal, esp. with the end placed in …
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FOOT — n. & v. --n. (pl. feet) 1 a the lower extremity of the leg below the ankle. b the part …
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TOUCH — v. & n. v. 1 tr. come into or be in physical contact with (another thing) at one or more …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TEN — n. & adj. n. 1 one more than nine. 2 a symbol for this (10, x, X). 3 a size …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POLE — n. & v. n. 1 a long slender rounded piece of wood or metal, esp. with the end placed in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FOOT — n. & v. n. (pl. feet) 1 a the lower extremity of the leg below the ankle. b the part …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TOUCH — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. come into or be in physical contact with (another thing) at one or more …
Oxford English vocab
TEN — n. & adj. --n. 1. one more than nine. 2 a symbol for this (10, x, X). 3 a size …
Oxford English vocab
POLE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a long slender rounded piece of wood or metal, esp. with the end placed …
Oxford English vocab
FOOT — n. & v. --n. (pl. feet) 1. a the lower extremity of the leg below the ankle. b the part …
Oxford English vocab
WITH — Pronounced /wɪð/ for meanings 20 and 21. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOUCH — ( touches, touching, touched) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TEN — ( tens) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Ten is the number 10. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOOT — ( feet) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Your feet are the …
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TEN — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Ten is the number 10. Over …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TEN — number COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a height of six feet/ten metres etc ▪ Sunflowers can grow to a height of …
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POLE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a curtain rail/pole/rod (= a long stick for hanging a curtain ) ▪ Velvet …
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FOOT
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TEN — [determiner], [pronoun], [noun] - (the number) 10nine, ten, elevena ten-seater busa ten-volume dictionaryThere were ten people on the bus."How many …
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