like a bull in a china shop
English
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Adjective
like a bull in a china shop (not comparable)
- (simile) Clumsy, aggressive, without care, concern or self-control.
- 1855, Robert De Valcourt, The illustrated manners book: a manual of good behavior and polite[1], page 89:
- An awkward man in society is like a bull in a china shop, always doing mischief.
Translations
clumsy, aggressive
Adverb
like a bull in a china shop (not comparable)
- (simile) Clumsily, aggressively, without care, concern or self-control.
- 1869, Every Saturday: a journal of choice reading[2], page 108:
- Some comparisons in general use partake of the humorous and satirical, as when one man is said to comport himself “like a bull in a china shop”.
Translations
clumsily, aggressively
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