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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 $ \2 @0 \* m$ \' `1 m" d) S# g! z" g2 J
Explanation: Used when talking about a person who is rather insensitive4 y% U+ f! ^$ N6 S9 N) Q+ V6 g m
/ G1 l7 D* e2 j, t% kExamples: 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.
be like a bull in a china shop $ }( ~6 {3 P/ Q b, j. w2 j! 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)
原帖由 sol 于 2008-6-5 19:45 发表 9 X8 Q( N6 U1 i+ I- v9 a& [; `$ R 6 p% ~9 n0 ]2 e
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