bargepole

/ ˈbɑːdʒˌpəʊl /

noun

1. a long pole used to propel a barge
2. not touch with a bargepole informal.
   to refuse to have anything to do with

Example Sentences

"You, and your minions, wouldn't recognize civilization even if it hit you with a bargepole."

From Salon

"To not know that if anything went belly up that I would not have any recompense, I definitely wouldn't have touched it with a bargepole, because I'm a low risk person," she says.

From BBC

No reputable games company would touch the stolen information with a bargepole but we may see knock-off games or unofficial versions pop up - if the hackers are true to their threats.

From BBC

Week 30 in La Liga started with Gerard Piqué standing before a microphone wrapped in clingfilm and attached to a bargepole and virtually giving up on the title; it ended with Zinedine Zidane standing before another one after his team had underlined why.

From The Guardian

The song’s opening line — “I’m gonna tell you how it’s gonna be” — was Mr. O’Rahilly’s first shot across the bows of the BBC bosses who at the time wouldn’t touch the longhair Dylan or the Stones with a bargepole.

From Washington Post