I 'wouldn't touch it with a 10-foot pole'. [=I do not want to get near it; I do not want to discuss it or be involved with it at all]
Though they were generally 'poles apart' politically, they did agree on this one issue.
They have a couple of bird feeders hanging from a 'pole' in the backyard.
(..) - It's good. - Thank you. We run industrial-strength electrical cable from the top of the clock tower... Meanwhile, we've outfitted the time vehicle with this big pole and hook... ...which runs directly into the flux capacitor. At the calculated moment... ...you start off from down the street... (..)1985 Back to the Future