what does a bull in a china shop mean?

sol

it's from a interview page, the original sentence is
$ o$ o  ^: x0 C) P# C; i+ W5 QUnless you’ve been specifically recruited to make fast, radical change, few people will appreciate a “bull in a China shop” approach.

billzhao

Definition: someone who is clumsy; someone who upsets other people's plans

4 y  j$ y9 b$ `Explanation: Used when talking about a person who is rather insensitive
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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.

billzhao

be like a bull in a china shop
2 Y# K2 ?. o6 V) E6 L% Fto 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)

sol

0 A+ h+ c, P; b5 x. X0 bi asked the same question to a native speaker, she even didn't the meaning.

sweetspot

原帖由 sol 于 2008-6-5 19:45 发表

- [  Y8 c  Z$ r, K+ y# _7 @8 qi asked the same question to a native speaker, she even didn't the meaning.

# h% U: D7 j) ?7 p% `: D2 H9 Q4 UYou aleardy got the answer from Billzhao

康派鹫

在瓷器商店乱闯的公牛。

xb.su

OMG, 终于明白了，此CHINA非彼CHINA
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