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.
(..) They do. Now. come on with me. over here. l'm gonna give each and every one ot you a rod. All right. Here's your poles. Now. just keep watching the tip here. It you get a strike. Iet me know. Understand? Come on. Candy. Just keep tishing. guys! Don't call me unless you get (..)1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest