to avoid (also shun, etc.) like the plague, etc.: to avoid at all costs, to shun completely.
| 单词 | θ86095 |
| 释义 | the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > have nothing to do with (7) to avoid (also shun, etc.) like the plague1699 to avoid (also shun, etc.) like the plague, etc.: to avoid at all costs, to shun completely. to steer clear of1723 to steer clear of: chiefly figurative, to avoid completely. I wouldn't touch it (also him, her, etc.) with a ten-foot (also forty-foot) pole1838 Originally U.S. I wouldn't touch it (also him, her,etc.) with a ten-foot (also forty-foot) pole: I refuse to have anything to do with (a person or… to have no truck with1866 ‘Traffic’, intercourse, communication, dealings. Now usually in negative contexts: to have no truck with (a person or thing), etc. to leave or let severely alone1880 to leaveor let severely alone: to avoid of set purpose; to pursue a deliberate policy of ignoring or isolating. I wouldn't touch him (or it) with (the end of) a bargepole1890 A long pole with which a barge is propelled (see also quot. 1890); frequent in colloquial phrase (and variants) I wouldn't touch him (or it) with (the… ice1932 transitive. U.S. colloquial. To snub, cold-shoulder (a person); to shun. Also to ice out of: to exclude from. Cf. freeze out (freeze, v. 7b). |
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