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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' a* N$ F) |) Y2 J5 K$ m- M% }. W: T
& u4 }- S4 n4 n! H6 EExplanation: Used when talking about a person who is rather insensitive S6 p0 |3 f7 N0 u0 E7 p) e
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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 ' q: h, G1 H# [9 A3 i4 a0 P: ?4 w 9 B0 f$ a$ n5 B$ Di asked the same question to a native speaker, she even didn't the meaning.
7 {: N; {* ]( l" f8 }You aleardy got the answer from Billzhao