Relationships
trust someone as far as you can throw them
not trust someone at all
If you trust someone as far as you can throw them, you do not trust them at all.
Hear it in real life
Do you believe Mark's excuse?
Not really; I trust him as far as I can throw him.
I trust that salesman as far as I can throw him.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I trust him as far as I can throw to him
Say: I trust him as far as I can throw him
Use the person as the object of “throw”; do not add “to” in this fixed idiom.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
I trust him as far as I can throw him; she trusts them as far as she can throw them
Your turn: say it out loud
I trust that salesman as far as I can throw him.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
trust someone as far as you can throw them
not trust someone at all
“I trust that salesman as far as I can throw him.”
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