bull in a china shop
Example Sentences
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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
When I first saw Antonio play he was like a bull in a china shop.
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2021
I mean, it almost sounds cliche, but you can’t go out of the gate like a bull in a china shop.
From The Verge • Jun. 29, 2021
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
