what does a bull in a china shop mean?

sol

it's from a interview page, the original sentence is
Unless you’ve been specifically recruited to make fast, radical change, few people will appreciate a “bull in a China shop” approach.

billzhao

Definition: someone who is clumsy; someone who upsets other people's plans
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+ ]) n' m) r* a, GExplanation: Used when talking about a person who is rather insensitive

1 Z7 C/ B( a' l; f" B9 Z  FExamples: 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.

billzhao

be like a bull in a china shop
4 c, l$ Z8 y( w4 P" {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)

sol

' C6 S9 {1 y; ai asked the same question to a native speaker, she even didn't the meaning.

sweetspot

原帖由 sol 于 2008-6-5 19:45 发表
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' x4 E% S9 r( \7 o; a, }, ], Ki asked the same question to a native speaker, she even didn't the meaning.

$ r8 x( F  x4 w0 R* y  L8 NYou aleardy got the answer from Billzhao

康派鹫

在瓷器商店乱闯的公牛。

xb.su

OMG, 终于明白了，此CHINA非彼CHINA
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