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what does a bull in a china shop mean?

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发表于 2008-6-3 17:08 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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it's from a interview page, the original sentence is 9 g% L% H6 W1 B( q: E  Z
Unless you’ve been specifically recruited to make fast, radical change, few people will appreciate a “bull in a China shop” approach.
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发表于 2008-6-3 17:42 | 显示全部楼层
Definition: someone who is clumsy; someone who upsets other people's plans% p% Y" x- O6 T6 E6 {. g! S# ?

8 b  C& X! p$ V/ G5 _+ DExplanation: 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.
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发表于 2008-6-3 17:43 | 显示全部楼层
be like a bull in a china shop
/ A9 ~# s& I) J3 Wto 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)
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 楼主| 发表于 2008-6-5 18:45 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
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i asked the same question to a native speaker, she even didn't the meaning.
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发表于 2008-6-25 21:18 | 显示全部楼层
原帖由 sol 于 2008-6-5 19:45 发表 0 N- D1 }$ U5 o9 D: S* s: S7 M3 }
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i asked the same question to a native speaker, she even didn't the meaning.

# R' J' S& [6 `5 r' c( lYou aleardy got the answer from Billzhao
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发表于 2008-7-1 17:05 | 显示全部楼层
在瓷器商店乱闯的公牛。
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发表于 2008-7-8 10:36 | 显示全部楼层

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老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
OMG, 终于明白了,此CHINA非彼CHINA- d4 z( B( s7 k1 V  W& h0 v2 W
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