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Wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole 

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Wouldn’t touch it with a bargepole is an expression indicating extreme dislike and distaste for an object, person or situation. The expression can be used in a similar way to wouldn’t touch her with a 10 foot pole, but is not solely applicable to females; it is even more disparaging when used about a female as it treats her as something less than human. Many bargepoles were 12 or 13 feet long, but one specialised type called a setting boom could be as long as 28 feet! So as you can imagine, wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole means something which you would much rather keep well away from.
“Mate, you want to avoid that one; I wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole!”

I wouldn't touch that with a 20-foot pole 

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A phrase used to say that you strongly wish to stay out of the way of an argument/heavy situation and not have any involvement.
Employee: I caught Debra and Jeff having sex in the office, what the hell are they thinking?

Boss: Err, I wouldn't touch that with a 20-foot pole.

Wouldn't touch her with a 10 foot pole 

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A female that is repulsively skanky/ugly.
Not only would you never sleep with her, being 10 feet away is still too close.
"I wouldn't touch that slut with a 10 foot pole, unless I was smashing her over the head with it."
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To understand a topic or statement to the highest extent.
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The striver is an interesting phenomenon that is seen across college campuses. In essence, the striver is an over-achiever who comes from a working or middle class family. He may be an immigrant. He may have been a slacker in HS who was "born again" into an academic wunderkind. Or he may just be an over-achiever who is keeping at it.

The striver is willing to sacrifice his social life at the expense of Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. The striver is the guy who stays at the library long after you are gone. The striver is the guy who takes 30 credits/semester and considers anything below an A/4.0 failure. The striver doesn't work on campus, he is too busy finding ways to pad his resume instead of working retail or workstudy. The striver lets his grades pay his education by applying to ten scholarships a year.

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Successful strivers:
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