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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/ _0 ]' } T, }9 F) f5 o
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Explanation: Used when talking about a person who is rather insensitive1 E2 N0 e- E0 i
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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 9 s" v) u2 g+ }% Y `. W$ U% U. m 6 f9 l. m* r8 ]# ]
i asked the same question to a native speaker, she even didn't the meaning.
+ H0 n! f3 C3 C8 IYou aleardy got the answer from Billzhao