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what does a bull in a china shop mean?

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发表于 2008-6-3 17:08 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
it's from a interview page, the original sentence is
& ?$ f  y( ^8 [: bUnless you’ve been specifically recruited to make fast, radical change, few people will appreciate a “bull in a China shop” approach.
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发表于 2008-6-3 17:42 | 显示全部楼层
Definition: someone who is clumsy; someone who upsets other people's plans
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3 l3 i7 T( P# qExplanation: Used when talking about a person who is rather insensitive5 W# g! G3 J5 P0 u% J
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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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发表于 2008-6-3 17:43 | 显示全部楼层
be like a bull in a china shop
4 O5 N6 N! ?2 ?6 P; D/ V, p5 Lto 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)
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-6-5 18:45 | 显示全部楼层

/ H% w. c& a/ _% Y3 ?* ii asked the same question to a native speaker, she even didn't the meaning.
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发表于 2008-6-25 21:18 | 显示全部楼层
原帖由 sol 于 2008-6-5 19:45 发表
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i 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
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发表于 2008-7-1 17:05 | 显示全部楼层
在瓷器商店乱闯的公牛。
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发表于 2008-7-8 10:36 | 显示全部楼层

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OMG, 终于明白了,此CHINA非彼CHINA
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