"trust someone as far as one could throw them" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: trusts someone as far as one could throw them [present, singular, third-person], trusting someone as far as one could throw them [participle, present], trusted someone as far as one could throw them [participle, past], trusted someone as far as one could throw them [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. 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
    Sense id: en-trust_someone_as_far_as_one_could_throw_them-en-verb-1mTMvF73 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English negative polarity items

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