a wide berth

The dog looks so ferocious when it barks that the postman gives it a wide berth.

Meanwhile, investors who once made Thailand one of the world's fastest-growing economies are giving it a wide berth.

When a poor man saw her, he took his wife and children and gave her a wide berth.

Now that they could no longer scorn him, now that they were constrained to respect him, they gave him a wide berth.

I advise you to give that bar a wide berth; it is said to be related to drug-trafficking and prostitution and thus has an ill reputation.

However, the other driver is also much more likely to be seriously hurt, which explains why most drivers give these cars a wide berth.

The doctor advised me to give cigarettes a wide berth after my illness.

he's so boring that I always try to give him a wide berth at parties.

The locals would refer to him as a "crazy old hermit, " and gave the eccentric old man a wide berth.

High-end, high grade packaging not normal prices can only give them a wide berth.

ONE of the striking features of Mexico's crackdown on drug gangs is that the resulting violence has kept a wide berth of the capital.

John said orange sheep are highly visible and easily distinguishable that the criminals are giving them a wide berth.

Perceived conflicts of interest have led some investment banks to give private equity a wide berth.

We saw the boss at the bar but we gave him a wide berth.

Investors gave both the dollar and yen a wide berth as the euro rallied, knocking 0. 6 percent off the dollar index .

You'd better give a wide berth to a guy of his sort.

But he thinks it also dismayed younger scholars, who gave these macroeconomic disputes a wide berth.

d better give a wide berth to a guy of his sort.

Give them a wide berth when you are passing and always be ready in case they wobble or change direction suddenly.

The milkman has obviously given this place a wide berth.

Use re-usable shopping bags and give plastic a wide berth.

gave their angry colleague a wide berth.

Mary gave the barking dog a wide berth.

Give a wide berth to the break water.

For some NGOs, 'a wide berth'

She gives Jack a wide berth.

You have to give the dog a wide berth.

We saw the boss at the bar but we gave him a wide berth. We did not want to talk to him then. (Sailing)

We easy st the boss at the bar but we gave he a wide berth. We do not like to talk to he now. (Sailing)

A wide berth, Ample space or distance to avoid an unwanted consequence