bull in a china shop
Example Sentences
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With the grace of a bull in a china shop, Thiero flung himself toward the rim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
Or so often acted like a bull in a china shop, such as by threatening war with Greenland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
She never even got to clunk and thud her way through any farmhouses or laboratories like a bewigged bull in a china shop.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
For them, his trade policies complemented the reigning narrative that he was a bull in a china shop, impulsively destroying the beautiful arrangements his intellectual superiors had lovingly created.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2022
They floundered about in the wrong clothes with the incorrect haircut and speech patterns like the proverbial bull in a china shop.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
