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Unless you’ve been specifically recruited to make fast, radical change, few people will appreciate a “bull in a China shop” approach.
Definition: someone who is clumsy; someone who upsets other people's plans- q) Q9 L+ O+ l1 a/ Y* C4 X/ E
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Explanation: Used when talking about a person who is rather insensitive f; \) z3 _& {8 y: O3 m: o2 g9 ] " c7 m! t) V8 }Examples: He was like a bull in a china shop with our new clients. - His lack of understanding made him appear as a bull in a china shop.
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to often drop or break things because you move awkwardly or roughly. Rob's like a bull in a china shop - don't let him near those plants. She's like a bull in a china shop when it comes to dealing with people's feelings. (= behaves in a way that offends people)
原帖由 sol 于 2008-6-5 19:45 发表 # j" S1 d( V3 w! F0 n) I: b9 b) i 4 e& l2 y* X* ei asked the same question to a native speaker, she even didn't the meaning.
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You aleardy got the answer from Billzhao