Definition of 'bull in a china shop'
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The nursery teachers said she was like a 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)He always had ability but we had to train his mind as he was like a bull in a china shop. The Sun (2014)Very apt, as you usually charge through restaurants like a bull in a china shop. Times, Sunday Times (2012)Looks like a bull in a china shop - and plays like one. The Sun (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. Times, Sunday Times (2010)I tend to charge around like a bull in a china shop so I have to slow down. Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Nearby words of 'bull in a china shop'
- bull elephant
- bull fiddle
- bull huss
- bull in a china shop
- bull kelp
- bull market
- bull mastiff
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