Definder - what does the word mean?

What is bull in a china shop?

To be like a bull in a china shop is a simile used to describe an extremely rough or dangerous person in a place where gentleness is a must.

It brings to mind the image of a huge rodeo bull exploding into a tiny curio store and throwing his weight around in a beserk rage, annihilating every last teacup.

The huge wrestler burst into the house, knocking pictures off the wall like a bull in a china shop.

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bull in a china shop - video

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Bull in a china shop - what is it?

Jessica Isabelle Covey

Oh Jess, have you fallen over again? Stop being such a bull in a china shop.

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What does "bull in a china shop" mean?

a big, reckless person in a room full of fragile things

Imagine a 300-pound football player at a tea party, and you have a bull in a china shop.

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Bull in a china shop - what does it mean?

Something that destroys everything it touches, the antonym of the midas touch

What's worse than a bull in a china shop? A hedgehog in a condom factory.

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