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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" H' p: t! E9 h7 _" Y
- |/ g8 O0 e- D8 e0 YExplanation: Used when talking about a person who is rather insensitive # t- a! S) W3 n. p0 Q- s( d6 D4 R/ A5 |
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.
be like a bull in a china shop . W9 m+ z: \3 W+ n% ito 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 5 J/ U8 j3 A" e4 L: j 8 P; M1 n0 E; g4 M- D8 j/ d4 xi 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