what does a bull in a china shop mean?

sol

it's from a interview page, the original sentence is
; ?, r, b" A3 ~* TUnless 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
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, v& V4 y2 J' Z/ a, @7 EExplanation: Used when talking about a person who is rather insensitive
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" A5 L4 Y, v1 E; M% Y4 m0 @+ \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
9 g, N) G; z$ i* t0 M- F! Rto 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

( f- q+ O- `0 X8 L" d8 L4 ji 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
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8 ^/ y0 d( k+ Ei asked the same question to a native speaker, she even didn't the meaning.

; R. v' H/ o' C' c- h. t" r- v0 [You 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