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BW2/3 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

phrases

with 10-foot-pole

and

the whole nine yards.

I would not near her with10-foot-pole ( Is this sentence ok ?)

Does anyone know the above prepositonal phrases ?

Thank you
  

Top answer

I would not touch her with10-foot-pole . Touch with a ten-foot pole = deal at all with; usually used with a form of negation. The whole nine yards = all of a related set of circumstances, conditions, or details; <who could learn the most about making records, about electronics and engineering, the whole nine yards -- Stephen Stills> -- sometimes used adverbially with go to indicate an all-out effort.

— Mister Micawber

  • I would not touch her with10-foot-pole .
  • Touch with a ten-foot pole = deal at all with; usually used with a form of negation.
  • The whole nine yards = all of a related set of circumstances, conditions, or details; <who could learn the most about making records, about electronics and engineering, the whole nine yards -- Stephen Stills> -- sometimes used adverbially with go to indicate an all-out effort.
  • S.
  • military slang, of unknown origin; perhaps from concrete mixer trucks, which were said to have dispensed in this amount.
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I would not touch her with10-foot-pole.

Touch with a ten-foot pole = deal at all with; usually used with a form of negation.

The whole nine yards = all of a related set of circumstances, conditions, or details; <who could learn the most about making records, about electronics and engineering, the whole nine yards -- Stephen S
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BW, search yourself for your idioms at this site:
In these cases, search with:
foot
or
yards
they are there.

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