what does a bull in a china shop mean?

sol

it's from a interview page, the original sentence is
- o9 j# i; ~# Z% y: UUnless 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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) M' I6 p9 t. tExplanation: Used when talking about a person who is rather insensitive
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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.

billzhao

be like a bull in a china shop
8 V! e$ |9 r6 M; n1 }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

i 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

! V: h2 i/ u7 |5 R6 yi asked the same question to a native speaker, she even didn't the meaning.

3 ^% w' w% ~) C; W1 K4 C; ]You 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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