can't stand the sight of

can't stand the sight of (third-person singular simple present can't stand the sight of, no present participle, simple past couldn't stand the sight of, no past participle)

1. (idiomatic) To hate vehemently; to really despise.
   • 1895 February 12, “Ring Gossip”, in Providence News, USA, retrieved 6 July 2011, page 6:

     "I can't stand the sight of him," he would say, "and I'd be glad if somebody would come along and knock his block off—when he was not in the ring."

See Thesaurus:hate

• not touch with a ten-foot pole