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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 & |1 h J( J) H0 c ' |$ w/ F# |( W9 l$ m4 O% c% i1 Z- XExplanation: Used when talking about a person who is rather insensitive : ^# ~3 ^5 \4 D- k. X# E4 F8 t0 g8 J7 d; v s7 k
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 ( h) D) B6 J2 v, v, I3 Q: a2 V 7 D' \3 Y' a4 q6 Ci asked the same question to a native speaker, she even didn't the meaning.
# a6 t1 q; {; Q5 r+ vYou aleardy got the answer from Billzhao