Vandell uses the metaphor of the
bargepole - a long pole with a hook that is used to propel or guide boats in and out of a harbour - to signify the relationship between employees and their bosses.
Travel agents tell me they have had their fingers burnt and are too scared to touch the airline now with a
bargepole -and can you blame them?
"Clubs won't touch him with a
bargepole once they know he's been found with drugs," a source said.
Planet 51 (Wii) MOST film-to-game adaptations are firmly in the category marked 'If you have a
bargepole don't touch this'.
I AGREE with K Roberts of Conwy 100% that we should not touch the idea of a football GB team with a
bargepole for this simple reason.
I think, now that I know as much as I do, I wouldn't have touched it with a
bargepole."
Sven's men are 8-1 with Gamebookers to win it and although their squad has plenty of talent I wouldn't touch them with a
bargepole. England will still qualify for the knockout phase but again they are also worth steering clear of at 4-5 (Betdaq) in the Group B winner market.
This Trojan horse is aiming to take advantage of many people's reflex reaction when they receive an executable file via email: rather than not touching it with a
bargepole, they often can't resist double-clicking on it, even though they have no idea if it's safe or not.
My advice back then was don't touch it with a
bargepole.
Bargepole: don't touch" Roly-poly Tory MP Sir Nicholas Soames on a drastic new health drive
If any normal folk went for a job interview and the employer said 'tell me what happened in your last role,' and they replied 'I got the sack for under-achieving,' they would not touch that person with a
bargepole.
PAYDAY loans should come with a picture of a
bargepole and a warning: "Don't even touch with one of these."
No wonder newspapers won't touch the cross-party press regulations with a
bargepole.
Freddie uncovers possible evidence at a charity function, but when he shows it to Bel, Laurie interrupts, telling them to steer clear of the story, which is like a red rag to a bull - if there's a surefire way to make them more determined than ever to get to the bottom of a story, it's to tell them not to touch it with a
bargepole. Hector, meanwhile, is drinking heavily, but rather than blotting out his memories, it seems to make them more sharper, and before you know it, he's remembered something that might turn out to be very important indeed.