Sens: antipole

n. antipôle; pôle opposé

Pole Idiome

bean pole

tall and thin, string bean Carl is a bean pole - tall and skinny - just like his father.

not touch something with a ten-foot pole

consider something completely undesirable or uninteresting That class may be alright but because I hate the professor I wouldn

pimple pole

youth with pimples, teenager with zits Hey, pimple pole! You left your locker door open.

touch it with a ten-foot pole

reply, answer, comment on it, beat around the bush If anyone in your audience asks a question about religion, don't touch it with a ten-foot pole.

poles apart

completely different相差甚远
They were in agreement on most world issues，but they were poles apart about the war．他们对于多数世界大事意见是一致的，但对于战争的看法却截然相反。
Their opinions are poles asunder．他们的意见截然相反。
The two brothers are poles apart in character．这兄弟二人性格迥异。

poles apart/asunder

poles asunder

wouldn't touch sth with a ten-foot pole

Idiom(s): wouldn't touch sth with a ten-foot pole

Theme: AWAKEN

would not be involved with something under any circumstances.
• I know about the piece of vacant land for sale on Maple Street. I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole because there used to be a gas station there and the soil is polluted.
• I wouldn't touch that book with a ten-foot pole. It is nothing but gossip and scandal.

low man on the totem pole

Idiom(s): low man on the totem pole

Theme: STATUS - LOW

the least important person.
• I was the last to find out because I'm low man on the totem pole.
• I cant be of any help. I'm low man on the totem pole.

high man on the totem pole

Idiom(s): high man on the totem pole

Theme: LEADERSHIP

the person at the top of the hierarchy; the person in charge of an organization. (Informal.)
• I don’t want to talk to a secretary. I demand to talk to the high man on the totem pole.
• Who's in charge around here? Who's high man on the totem pole?

At the bottom of the totem pole

(USA) If someone is at the bottom of the totem pole, they are unimportant. Opposite is at the top of the totem pole.

Climb the greasy pole

Advance within an organisation - especially in politics.

Run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes

This idiom is used to suggest trying out an idea to see if people accept it.

Wouldn't touch it with a bargepole

(UK) If you wouldn't touch something with a bargepole, you would not consider being involved under any circumstances. (In American English, people say they wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole)

Wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole

(USA) If you wouldn't touch something with a ten-foot pole, you would not consider being involved under any circumstances. (In British English, people say they wouldn't touch it with a bargepole)

not to touch (something) with a ten-foot pole|not

v. phr. To consider something completely undesirable or uninteresting. Some people won't touch spinach with a ten-foot pole. Kids who wouldn't touch an encyclopedia with a ten-foot pole love to find information with this computer program.

poles apart|poles

adj. Completely different. The two brothers were poles apart in personality. It was hard for the members to make any decisions because their ideas were poles apart.

flagpole

flagpole
run (something) up the flagpole
Slang
To test (a plan, suggestion, draft, or idea) and then measure the response to it.

not touch with a ten-foot pole

not touch with a ten-foot pole
Stay far away from, avoid completely, as in Ronald wouldn't touch raw oysters with a ten-foot pole. This expression dates from the mid-1700s, when it began to replace the earlier not to be handled with a pair of tongs. In the 1800s barge-pole was sometimes substituted for ten-foot pole, but that variant has died out.