trust someone as far as one could throw them

English

Verb

trust someone as far as one could throw them (third-person singular simple present trusts someone as far as one could throw them, present participle trusting someone as far as one could throw them, simple past and past participle trusted someone as far as one could throw them)

1. (chiefly in the negative) To trust somebody at all; to have any trust in a person whatsoever.
   • 2015, Rochelle Paige, Identity Crisis:

     My entire body tensed as Agent Phillips approached her. I didn't trust the bastard as far as I could throw him.

Synonyms

• trust someone across the street
• trust someone as far as one could fling a bull by the tail
• trust someone as far as one can spit
• trust someone as far as one could spit

References

• “I wouldn't trust sb as far as I could throw them”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.