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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 . |$ N( ~6 m3 X4 I : s3 ^9 w* C/ W+ I6 O3 SExplanation: Used when talking about a person who is rather insensitive & x' }7 Y6 S. I! G& @ . I; z8 G3 E; r9 l) 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.
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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 4 x" B a% {/ l. A( w4 E 8 q" Y! f+ R5 W4 k4 }8 m& [+ S
i asked the same question to a native speaker, she even didn't the meaning.
" j/ [3 D/ @, J v" d0 D& mYou aleardy got the answer from Billzhao