Definition of 'bull in a china shop'
bull in a china shop
Example sentences containing 'bull in a china shop'
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
She just goes about her matchmaking like a bull in a china shop!
The Sun (2009)He was like a bull in a china shop.
The Sun (2011) The Sun (2014) Times, Sunday Times (2012) The Sun (2009) The Sun (2014) The Sun (2012)They were like a bull in a china shop, fighting one or two guerrillas with aerial bombing of villages.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)In that raucous picture, his fellow cast members charged around him like bulls in a china shop, while he looked as fragile as a porcelain vase.
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